Discovery, they believe, is inevitable. So they just try to do it first. That's the game in science.

Safety is the last refuge of the scoundrel!

The doctor is not a miracle worker who can magically save us but, rather, an expert adviser who can assist us in our own recovery.

The planet has survived everything, in its time. It will certainly survive us.

The purpose of life is to stay alive. Watch any animal in nature--all it tries to do is stay alive. It doesn't care about beliefs or philosophy. Whenever any animal's behavior puts it out of touch with the realities of its existence, it becomes exinct.

The truth is, almost nobody wants to experience real nature. What people want is to spend a week or two in a cabin in the woods, with screens on the windows. They want a simplified life for a while, without all their stuff. Or a nice river rafting trip for a few days, with somebody else doing the cooking. Nobody wants to go back to nature in any real way, and nobody does. It's all talk.

Nobody is driven by abstractions like 'seeking truth.