On some issues, I'm a staunch Conservative — like curtailing greenhouse gas emissions so that we can Conserve the environment.

I can't think that leaving Earth once is enough.

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

Whenever people have used religious documents to make accurate predictions about our base knowledge of the physical world, they have been famously wrong.

If an alien lands on your front lawn and extends an appendage as a gesture of greeting, before you get friendly, toss it an eightball. If the appendage explodes, then the alien was probably made of antimatter. If not, then you can proceed to take it to your leader.

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

Science is not just 'Here are some facts, learn that'. There's a thread through these stories that, if you know how to tell it because you know how they connect, then it's a thread that will land right in your mind, body and soul.