We're talking about a being whose very existence challenges our own sense of priority in the universe.

A conspiracy theorist is a person who tacitly admits that they have insufficient data to prove their points. A conspiracy is a battle cry of a person with insufficient data.

Feeling a little small? Well, in the context of the cosmos, we are small.

Astronauts are the only kind of celebrity I know who can have a line of people waiting for their autograph, even if the line of people does not know in advance the astronaut's name.

I see myself in pop culture. I listen to pop music, I do pop things, and I'm also a scientist.

The greatest of people in society carve niches that represent the unique expression of their combinations of talents. If everyone had the luxury of expressing the unique combination of talents in this world, our society would be transofrmed over night.

You don't discard Newton. Newton becomes the limiting case of how you would apply Einstein's theories.