Death makes me realize how deeply I have internalized the agnosticism I preach in all my books. I consider dogmatic belief and dogmatic denial very childish forms of conceit in a world of infinitely whirling complexity. None of us can see enough from one corner of space-time to know "all" about the rest of space-time.

Stupidity is a blockage in the ability to receive, integrate and transmit new signals.

We live in our fantasies and endure our realities.

part of the humor of living on this backward planet is listening to the hominids rationalize their predations.

Only the madman is absolutely sure.

And as a matter of fact, governments don't act, governments only react. The bankers make the decisions, and then governments decide how are we going to adjust to this. Government can't do anything unless the bank gives them the money to do it.

We're living on the Planet of the Apes. Is that funny or serious?