The first rule is not to lose. The second rule is not to forget the first rule.
Keep in mind my friend, if an answer is not rational, then it is not an answer, but a delusion.”
If they can get you asking the wrong questions, they don’t have to worry about answers.
Never mistake motion for action.
Refusal to believe until proof is given is a rational position; denial of all outside of our own limited experience is absurd.
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.
Nothing that is worth knowing can be taught.
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.
Logic is like the sword–those who appeal to it shall perish by it.
Everything must be made as simple as possible. But not simpler.