Flawed as they may be, science and the secular Enlightenment values expressed in Western democracies are our best hope for survival.
Michael ShermerScientists like Bjorn Lomborg in The Skeptical Environmentalist have, in my opinion, properly nailed environmental extremists for these exaggerated scenarios.
Michael ShermerBut the power of science lies in open publication, which, with the rise of the Internet, is no longer constrained by the price of paper.
Michael ShermerThe actual atoms and molecules that make up my brain and body today are not the same ones that I was born with on September 8, 1954, a half-century ago this month.
Michael Shermer