You don't discard Newton. Newton becomes the limiting case of how you would apply Einstein's theories.

The value of science is not simply what the next model of the iPod you will buy next week, but its real value comes about when it's time to distinguish reality from everything else. And to be scientifically literate is to be trained in what it is, to recognize your own frailty as a data-taking device.

You don't discard Newton. Newton becomes the limiting case of how you would apply Einstein's theories.

Why can't we summon the ingenuity and courage of the generations that came before us? The dinosaurs never saw that asteroid coming. What's our excuse?

We need more science in the world. Train me.

There's no shortage of people that we can put on, because science touches us all.

UFO (Unidentified Flying Object)sightings are not higher among amateur astronomers than they are in the general public. In fact, they're lower. You say, why is that so? Well, because we know what the hell we're looking at!