Humans aren't as good as we should be in our capacity to empathize with feelings and thoughts of others, be they humans or other animals on Earth.

It's part of our pop culture to give animals human personalities and talents.

I remain unconvinced that anything other than rapid decomposition is the fate of my body and mind after death.

Science is basically an inoculation against charlatans.

I think the best thing a parent can do, when raising a child, is simply get out of their way.

On this day long ago, a child was born who, by age 30, would transform the world. Happy Birthday Isaac Newton b. Dec 25, 1642

The educated elite is not without their own actual snobbery. And I kind of an anti-elitist in that regard.