All the normal matter in the Milky Way disc is denser than the dark matter that surrounds it.
Lisa RandallThere is real confusion about what it means to be right and wrong - the difference between what spiritual beliefs are and what science is.
Lisa RandallBoth religions and musicals work best with energetic and committed believers. Cynicism or detachment would have destroyed the magic - something true of religion, too.
Lisa RandallIf such external influences are intrinsic to religion, then logic and scientific thought dictate that there must be a mechanism by which this influence is transmitted. A religious or spiritual belief that involves an invisible undetectable force that nonetheless influences human actions and behavior or that of the world itself produces a situation in which a believer has no choice but to have faith and abandon logic--or simply not care.
Lisa Randall