The important thing to remember about mathematics is not to be frightened

I get the feeling more and more that religion is being left behind.

Yesterday's dangerous idea is today's orthodoxy and tomorrow's cliché.

Isaac Asimov's remark about the infantilism of pseudoscience is just as applicable to religion: 'Inspect every piece of pseudoscience and you will find a security blanket, a thumb to suck, a skirt to hold.' It is astonishing, moreover, how many people are unable to understand that 'X is comforting' does not imply 'X is true'.

If you are in the camp I am, one place where science and faith could touch each other is in the investigation of supposedly miraculous events.

I might respect you as a brilliant intellect, runner, musician or juggler. But respect your BELIEFS? Only if they're supported by evidence.

[Alternative medicine is defined as] that set of practices that cannot be tested, refuse to be tested or consistently fail tests.