I strongly believe that fundamental science cannot be driven by instructional, industrial and government or military pressures.
That rifle on the wall of the labourer’s cottage or working class flat is the symbol of democracy. It is our job to see that it stays there.
Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.
The best way to find out if you can trust somebody is to trust them.
The intuitive mind is a sacred gift And the rational mind is a faithful servant.
What, therefore, is a government at its best? It is a government that “governs” least and instead finds ways to mobilise the energies of our people.
The deepest sin against the human mind is to believe things without evidence.
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.
People who are more rational don’t perceive emotion less, they just regulate it better.
Natural science does not simply describe and explain nature: it is part of the interplay between us and nature.