If one devalues rationality, the world tends to fall apart.
The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.
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.
You can buy my time and effort, but you have to earn my dedication.
Science cannot solve the ultimate mystery of nature. And that is because, in the last analysis, we ourselves are a part of the mystery we are trying to solve.
I think it is a mistake to judge science by Nobel Prizes.
The deepest sin against the human mind is to believe things without evidence.
The first rule is not to lose. The second rule is not to forget the first rule.
Maybe true travel is not the transportation of the body, but a change of perception, renewing the mind.
Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel.