We are very, very small, but we are profoundly capable of very, very big things.

What I meant by 'we would know the mind of God' is, we would know everything that God would know, if there were a God. Which there isn't. I'm an atheist.

Our population and our use of the finite resources of planet Earth are growing exponentially, along with our technical ability to change the environment for good or ill. But our genetic code still carries the selfish and aggressive instincts that were of survival advantage in the past. It will be difficult enough to avoid disaster in the next hundred years, let alone the next thousand or million. Our only chance of long term survival, is not to remain inward looking on planet Earth, but to spread out into space.

A person who smiles in the face of adversity...probably has a scapegoat.

When I was first diagnosed with ALS, I was given two years to live. Now 45 years later, I am doing pretty well.

Now, radical forward thinking is offering hope for the future: Replacement body parts to order. A team of scientists in California believe that if you can design them on a computer, you should be able to print them out.

Issuing an insurance policy against abduction by aliens seems a pretty safe bet.