Natural science does not simply describe and explain nature: it is part of the interplay between us and nature.
Everyone you meet always asks if you have a career, are married, or own a house as if life was some kind of grocery list. But no one ever asks you if you are happy.
That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.
You can never be overdressed or overeducated.
Every cause produces more than one effect.
Rationality attracts conscientious humans, whereas mysticism attracts fools.
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.
If you find yourself in a fair fight, you should reexamine your tactics.
I haven’t failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.
Never memorize something that you can look up.