We have people who believe they are scientifically literate but, in fact, are not.

If a scientist is not befuddled by what they're looking at, then they're not a research scientist.

Pretending to know everything closes the door to finding out what's really there.

The people that first climbed Mt. Everest weren't scientists, right, they were adventurers. If you're an adventurer, you want to go yourself. It's different than a scientist, who is simply wanting to learn.

Science is a philosophy of discovery. Intelligent design is a philosophy of ignorance. You cannot build a program of discovery on the assumption that nobody is smart enough to figure out the answer to a problem.

Science is like an inoculation against charlatans who would have you believe whatever it is they tell you.

Follow the evidence wherever it leads, and question everything.