I always wanted to be respected for my mind.

The solar system should be viewed as our backyard, not as some sequence of destinations that we do one at a time.

There is no true understanding of Biology without Chemistry. And there's no true understanding of Chemistry without Physics.

Without new economies, our old economies get our jobs taken from them because everyone else has figured out how to do it.

I would say - and paint doesn't peel unless it's acrylic paint, so maybe it is acrylic paint that they're using, not oil paint. So let me say yes, it would be acrylic house paint, which, when it dries, peels very nicely. So let's go with that.

Every account of a higher power that I've seen described, of all religions that I've seen, include many statements with regard to the benevolence of that power. When I look at the universe and all the ways the universe wants to kill us, I find it hard to reconcile that with statements of beneficence.

Kids should be allowed to break stuff more often. That's a consequence of exploration. Exploration is what you do when you don't know what you're doing.