All the normal matter in the Milky Way disc is denser than the dark matter that surrounds it.

Science is a combination of theory and experiment and the two together are how you make progress.

If 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.

Basically, I wasn't properly socialized, so it made sense to do physics.

Physicists have yet to understand why the Higgs boson's mass is what it is.

Both religions and musicals work best with energetic and committed believers. Cynicism or detachment would have destroyed the magic - something true of religion, too.

I had this illusion that if I kind of dressed badly that I wouldn't stand out. You know, so I actually went out of my way to not look different to the extent I could.