Again, it is belief without evidence. In the case of Stalinism, people actually distorted science, because it was for the good of the Communist Party.

The genetic code is not a binary code as in computers, nor an eight-level code as in some telephone systems, but a quaternary code with four symbols. The machine code of the genes is uncannily computerlike.

I find many of answers in the spiritual realm. That in no way compromises my ability to think rigorously as a scientist.

I think that [Jay] Gould's separate compartments was a purely political ploy to win middle-of-the-road religious people to the science camp. But it's a very empty idea. There are plenty of places where religion does not keep off the scientific turf.

I am persuaded that 'child abuse' is no exaggeration when used to describe what teachers and priests are doing to children whom they encourage to believe in something like...eternal hell.

I am at a loss to reconcile the expensive and glossy production values of this book with the breathtaking inanity of the content.

I read novels for entertainment rather than for edification, so I tend not to read the sort of novels that are said to illuminate the human condition.