The brain is like a muscle. When it is in use we feel very good. Understanding is joyous.
From Carl Sagan
Skeptical scrutiny is the means, in both science and religion, by which deep thoughts can be winnowed from deep nonsense.
I am often amazed at how much more capability and enthusiasm for science there is among elementary school youngsters than among college students.
For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.
We have also arranged things so that almost no one understands science and technology. This is a prescription for disaster. We might get away with it for a while, but sooner or later this combustible mixture of ignorance and power is going to blow up in our faces.
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