Whatever The Evolutionary Basis Of Religion, The

I Cannot Stress Often Enough That What Science Is All About Is Not Proving Things To Be True But Proving Them To Be False.

Philosophy Used To Be A Field That Had Content, But Then Natural Philosophy Became Physics, And Physics Has Only Continued To Make Inroads. Every Time Theres A Leap In Physics, It Encroaches On These Areas That Philosophers Have Carefully Sequestered Away To Themselves, And So Then You Have This Natural Resentment On The Part Of Philosophers.

[the Writers Of The Holy Books] Did Not Even Know The Earth Revolves Around The Sun. Why Are We Listening?

There Is A Maxim About The Universe Which I Always Tell My Students: That Which Is Not Explicitly Forbidden Is Guaranteed To Occur.

A Universe Without Purpose Should Neither Depress Us Nor Suggest That Our Lives Are Purposeless. Through An Awe-inspiring Cosmic History We Find Ourselves On This Remote Planet In A Remote Corner Of The Universe, Endowed With Intelligence And Self-awareness. We Should Not Despair, But Should Humbly Rejoice In Making The Most Of These Gifts, And Celebrate Our Brief Moment In The Sun.