How then did we come to the "standard model"? And how has it supplanted other theories, like the steady state model? It is a tribute to the essential objectivity of modern astrophysics that this consensus has been brought about, not by shifts in philosophical preference or by the influence of astrophysical mandarins, but by the pressure of empirical data.

For good people to do evil things, it takes religion.

The more we refine our understanding of God to make the concept plausible, the more it seems pointless.

Rational argument can be defeated by refusing to argue rationally.

Sometimes nature seems more beautiful than strictly necessary.

Science doesn't make it impossible to believe in God, it just makes it possible not to believe in God

Elementary particles are terribly boring, which is one reason why we're so interested in them.