...scientific power is like inherited wealth: attained without discipline. You read what others have done, and you take the next step. You can do it very young...there is no mastery, old scientists are ignored. There is no humility before nature...Its a form of inherited wealth. And you know what assholes congenitally rich people are.

It takes enormous effort to avoid all theories and just see.

In science, the old men are usually wrong. But in politics, the old men are wise, counsel caution, and in the end are often right.

Reality is always greater - much greater - than what we know, than whatever we can say about it.

One of the most difficult things for a writer in this business to accept is the uncertain fate of one's work.

In my view, our approach to global warming exemplifies everything that is wrong with our approach to the environment. We are basing our decisions on speculation, not evidence. Proponents are pressing their views with more PR than scientific data. Indeed, we have allowed the whole issue to be politicized-red vs blue, Republican vs Democrat. This is in my view absurd. Data aren't political. Data are data. Politics leads you in the direction of a belief. Data, if you follow them, lead you to truth.

Auschwitz exists because of politicized science.