What could an entirely rational being speak of with another entirely rational being?
Science and religion are not at odds. Science is simply too young to understand.
Ask the right questions, and nature will open the doors to her secrets.
I am heartened to find so much wit in you, that you’d give thought to consequences and choose your way with reason, not passion only.
I think that we must find some way to get more common sense, more rationality, in our decisions and less emotion.
For me, I am driven by two main philosophies: know more today about the world than I knew yesterday and lessen the suffering of others. You’d be surprised how far that gets you.
Give a girl an education and introduce her properly into the world, and ten to one but she has the means of settling well, without further expense to anybody.
It’s interesting that these themes of crime and political corruption are always relevant.
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.