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I know that the molecules in my body are traceable to phenomena in the cosmos. That makes me want to grab people on the street and say: ‘Have you HEAR...more

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I would teach how science works as much as I would teach what science knows. I would assert (given that essentially, everyone will learn to read) that...more

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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 surpr...more

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The good thing about science is that it's true whether or not you believe in it.

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Ignorance is a virus. Once it starts spreading, it can only be cured by reason. For the sake of humanity, we must be that cure.

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I know of no time in human history where ignorance was better than knowledge.

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The urge to want some bit of information to be true often clouds our ability to assess why that information may be false.

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Doing what has never been done before is intellectually seductive, whether or not we deem it practical.

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The moment when someone attaches you to a philosophy or a movement, then they assign all the baggage and all the rest of the philosophy that goes with...more

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... informed ignorance provides the natural state of mind for research scientists at the ever-shifting frontiers of knowledge. People who believe them...more

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... there is no shame in not knowing. The problem arises when irrational thought and attendant behavior fill the vacuum left by ignorance.