Refusal to believe until proof is given is a rational position; denial of all outside of our own limited experience is absurd.
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 smallest minority on earth is the individual. Those who deny individual rights cannot claim to be defenders of minorities.
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.
Give me 6 hours to chop a tree, I will spend the first 4 sharpening my axe.
You cannot conquer a free man. The most you can do is kill him.
I strongly believe that fundamental science cannot be driven by instructional, industrial and government or military pressures.
Never mistake motion for action.
People who are more rational don’t perceive emotion less, they just regulate it better.
An optimist believes we live in the best possible of worlds.- A pessimist fears that this is true.