The Universe Is The Way It Is

For The Record: Quantum Mechanics Does Not Deny The Existence Of Objective Reality. Nor Does It Imply That Mere Thoughts Can Change External Events. Effects Still Require Causes, So If You Want To Change The Universe, You Need To Act On It.

Whatever The Evolutionary Basis Of Religion, The Xenophobia It Now Generates Is Clearly Maladaptive.

My Area Of Research Is Something That In All Fairness Has No Practical Usability Whatsoever And The Thing Is I'm Often Asked To Apologize For That. It Is Interesting To Me That People Ask 'what's The Point Of Doing That If It's Not Useful?' But They Never Ask That, Or Do They Very Rarely Ask That About Art Or Literature Or Music. Those Things Are Not Gonna Produce A Better Toaster.

A Truly Open Mind Means Forcing Our Imaginations To Conform To The Evidence Of Reality, And Not Vice Versa.

Our Modern Conception Of The Universe Is So Foreign To What Even Scientists Generally Believed A Mere Century Ago That It Is A Tribute To The Power Of The Scientific Method And The Creativity And Persistence Of Humans Who Want To Understand It.