While science continually uncovers new mysteries, it has removed much of what was once regarded as deeply mysterious. Although we certainly do not know the exact nature of every component of the universe, the basic principles of physics seem to apply out to the farthest horizon visible to us today.

Define self-awareness and tell me what it is about it that requires something more than a material explanation. I do not accept the burden of explaining all phenomena, real or imagined. If you think more than matter is required for this thing you call self-awareness, which you have not defined, then you have the burden of showing why.

The so-called mysteries of quantum mechanics are in its philosophical interpretation, not in its mathematics.

Debating is not an honest intellectual exercise. It's like a trial in which the goal is not to get to the truth but to win.

Nature is capable of building complex structures by processes of self-organization; simplicity begets complexity.

Any attempt at understanding humanity must include an explanation of the hold that supernatural belief continues to have on most of the human race.

People want to be at the center of the Universe...and they're going to flock to anybody who tells them that.