The whole difference between construction and creation is exactly this: that a thing constructed can only be loved after it is constructed; but a thing created is loved before it exists.
Writing my own novels in the ’90s…I never imagined that in ten years, science and rationality would require explanation and defense in a world rocked and ruled by religious fervor.
I strongly believe that fundamental science cannot be driven by instructional, industrial and government or military pressures.
I think it is a mistake to judge science by Nobel Prizes.
If voting made any difference they wouldn’t let us do it.
That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.
Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-confidence.
Natural science does not simply describe and explain nature: it is part of the interplay between us and nature.
Rationality attracts conscientious humans, whereas mysticism attracts fools.
Time and space are modes by which we think and not conditions in which we live.