Bad religion is arrogant, self-righteous, dogmatic and intolerant. And so is bad science. But unlike religious fundamentalists, scientific fundamentalists do not realize that their opinions are based on faith. They think they know the truth.

The idea is that there is a kind of memory in nature. Each kind of thing has a collective memory. So, take a squirrel living in New York now. That squirrel is being influenced by all past squirrels.

Because a truly skeptical position would be a very uncertain one.

I'm talking about science on the leading edge, where it's not clear which way things are going be cause we don't know, and I'm dealing with areas which we don't know about.

I still say the Lord's Prayer every day. It covers a lot of ground in our relation to the world.

In both religion and science, some people are dishonest, exploitative, incompetent and exhibit other human failings.

Science at its best is an open-minded method of inquiry, not a belief system.