A picture is worth a thousand words...and uses up a thousand times the memory.
Science is not only a disciple of reason but, also, one of romance and passion.
Why do we remember the past, but not the future?
We find ourselves in a bewildering world. We want to make sense of what we see around us and to ask: What is the nature of the universe? What is our place in it and where did it and we come from? Why is it the way it is?
Science makes God unnecessary.
The "Powers That Be" are not smart enough to engineer Armageddon, but they may yet be stupid enough. If governments are involved in covering up the knowledge of aliens, then they are doing a much better job of it than they seem to do at anything else.