That the north star is the brightest in the night sky. I'd guess about 9 out of 10 people think this. But it does not require a grant from the National Science Foundation to learn the answer. The North Star is not even in the top 40 in the night sky. It's the 49th brightest star. Rather dull and boring by most measures.

Only when creative people take ownership of cosmic discovery will society accept science as the cultural activity that it is.

The chances that your tombstone will read 'Killed by Asteroid' are about the same as they'd be for 'Killed in Airplane Crash.'

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

I'm not writing for myself. I'm writing as an educator, I'm writing to stimulate others.

When a coincidence seems amazing, that's because the human mind isn’t wired to naturally comprehend probability & statistics.

If you're denying God's power, that means you don't really believe they were miracles, and so then why believe they happened at all. What you're saying is you're taking the Bible's account as literally true in need of a scientific explanation rather than just people coming up with stuff to fulfill their religious missions.