The whole of science is nothing more than a refinement of everyday thinking.
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.
Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge: it is those who know little, and not those who know much, who so positively assert that this or that problem will never be solved by science.
Natural science does not simply describe and explain nature: it is part of the interplay between us and nature.
All real philosophers have been artists in the realm of concepts.
The educated differ from the uneducated as much as the living differ from the dead.
Space is big. You just won’t believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it’s a long way down the road to the chemist’s, but that’s just peanuts to space.
The first rule is not to lose. The second rule is not to forget the first rule.
That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.
You can buy my time and effort, but you have to earn my dedication.