I would teach how science works as much as I would teach what science knows. I would assert (given that essentially, everyone will learn to read) that science literacy is the most important kind of literacy they can take into the 21st century. I would undervalue grades based on knowing things and find ways to reward curiosity. In the end, it's the people who are curious who change the world.

It's progress I think, that science has joined philosophy, metaphysics & religion as subjects drunk people argue about in bars.

A conspiracy theorist is a person who tacitly admits that they have insufficient data to prove their points. A conspiracy is a battle cry of a person with insufficient data.

Dinosaurs are extinct today because they lacked opposable thumbs and the brainpower to build a space program.

We are star dust in the highest exalted way, called by the universe, reaching out to the universe

Three and a half million years ago our ancestors - yours and mine - left these traces [indicates footprints]. We stood up and parted ways from them. Once we were standing on two feet, our eyes were no longer fixated on the ground. Now, we were free to look up and wonder.

I try to educate the public and let them make the decisions for themselves.