We do not just blindly concede control to authorities; instead we follow the cues provided by our moral communities on how best to behave.

Flawed as they may be, science and the secular Enlightenment values expressed in Western democracies are our best hope for survival.

There is a significant difference between having no belief in a God and believing there is no God.

In the long run, it is better to understand the way the world really is rather than how we would like it to be.

Anecdotal thinking comes naturally; science requires training.

Science is the best tool ever devised for understanding how the world works.

Human history is highly nonlinear and unpredictable.