We are the offspring of history, and must establish our own paths in this most diverse and interesting of conceivable universes—one indifferent to our suffering, and therefore offering us maximum freedom to thrive, or to fail, in our own chosen way.

God was there when it happened. We were not there.... Therefore, we are completely limited to what God has seen fit to tell us, and this information is in His written Word.

The pathways that have led to our evolution are quirky, improbable, unrepeatable and utterly unpredictable.

Misunderstanding of probability may be the greatest of all impediments to scientific literacy.

... a local, indigenous, American bizarre-ity.

People talk about human intelligence as the greatest adaptation in the history of the planet. It is an amazing and marvelous thing, but in evolutionary terms, it is as likely to do us in as to help us along.

Obsolescence is a fate devoutly to be wished, lest science stagnate and die.