Americans live in a free country, which allows you to believe what you want. Because you think that something is true does not require that it is objectively true. The value of science concerning itself with objective truths is that we can make decisions and statements that affect everyone, which is why legislation really should be based on objective truths, not what is going on in your head.

It makes good sense to revere the sun and the stars ... because we are their children

The Big Bang Theory: When geeky scientists can be main characters in a hit prime time series, you know there's hope for the world.

I believe that the manned space program can engage the public by advancing the space frontier. Every next mission takes you farther out in space than you were before, either technologically or in terms of distance.

Facts are true whether or not you believe them.

The worst thing that ever happened to America was the 19th Amendment.

I'm not a scientist, I was not a good science student, I felt effectively alienated from science throughout my young life, and it was only when I became an adult that I began to really appreciate from a completely different angle the power of science.