The fate of the paranormal is to become the normal as our horizons of understanding expand.

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?

There are many sources of spirituality; religion may be the most common, but it is by no means the only. Anything that generates a sense of awe may be a source of spirituality. Science does this in spades.

Smart people believe weird things because they are skilled at defending beliefs they arrived at for non-smart reasons.

Myths are stories that express meaning, morality or motivation. Whether they are true or not is irrelevant.

Science is not a thing. It's a verb. It's a way of thinking about things. It's a way of looking for natural explanations for all phenomena.

Remember always that we are pattern-seeking primates who are especially adept at finding patterns with emotional meaning.