Without imperfection, you or I would not exist.

One can't predict the weather more than a few days in advance.

I believe in the possible. I believe, small though we are, insignificant though we may be, we can reach a full understanding of the universe. You were right when you said you felt small, looking up at all that up there. We are very, very small, but we are profoundly capable of very, very big things.

Perhaps we could write code to optimize code, then run that code through the code optimizer?

I put a lot of effort into writing 'A Briefer History' at a time when I was critically ill with pneumonia because I think that it's important for scientists to explain their work, particularly in cosmology. This now answers many questions once asked of religion.

While there's life, there is hope.

Jesus loves you, but everyone else thinks you're an ass.