For solving a surprisingly large and varied number of problems, crowds are smarter than individuals.

Science is a set of methods designed to describe and interpret observed or inferred phenomenon, past or present, and aimed at building a testable body of knowledge open to rejection or confirmation.

The question itself [of UFOs] I think is legitimate. It's interesting, it's fascinating. It's mythic in scale and one of the grand questions. It's like the God question or, you know, the meaning-of-life question. It's one of those, on that scale. So you'd have to be made of wood not to be interested and, you know, have they come here? Are they up there?

Dualists hold that body and soul are separate entities and that the soul will continue beyond the existence of the physical body.

Scientists like Bjorn Lomborg in The Skeptical Environmentalist have, in my opinion, properly nailed environmental extremists for these exaggerated scenarios.

But the power of science lies in open publication, which, with the rise of the Internet, is no longer constrained by the price of paper.

When alien abductees recount to me their stories, I do not deny that they had a real experience.