If you are asking me if my more global purpose is a battle against religion, it is.

Far from being demeaning to human spiritual values, scientific rationalism is the crowning glory of the human spirit. Of course you can use the products of science to do bad things, but you can use them to do good things too.

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

Humans have more moral responsibility perhaps, because they are capable of reasoning.

You can't blame science for being used for evil purposes. What you can do is say, 'This is an exceedingly powerful tool.' And you want to make sure it is used for good purposes, not bad ones. That is a political decision.

Undisguised clarity is easily mistaken for arrogance.

I think I would abolish schools which systematically inculcate sectarian beliefs.