Grab something off the shelf that’s on the spaceship-an ashtray, it doesn’t matter what. Because I can tell you, if they flew here from another galaxy, no matter what you’ve pulled off the shelf, it’ll be unlike anything we have on Earth.
The whole society has to recognize the importance of the value in embracing what science is going into the 21st Century. Otherwise, we might as well start packing and moving back into the cave right now, because that’s where we’ll end up.
Extreme skepticism and extreme gullibility are two equal ways of not having to think at all. And I don’t think I’m the first to say that.
I bought it, I read it, and I heeded its advice. I remain unabducted.
I’m a fan of the planets in any combination. When I was born, Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto, the Sun, and the Moon were all in the sky.
I’d bet almost anything that life from another planet, if formed independently from life on Earth, would be more different from all species of Earth life than any two species of Earth life are from each other.
If aliens did visit us, I’d be embarrassed to tell them we still dig fossil fuels from the ground as a source of energy.
There’s no denying the public’s appetite for cosmic discovery.
There are no articles any more that dream about the cities of tomorrow.
Imagination alone is not enough, because the reality of nature is far more wondrous than anything we can imagine.
The universe’s destiny has very little to do with the near-term destiny of Earth.
Scientific inquiry shouldn’t stop just because a reasonable explanation has apparently been found.
We need more science in the world. Train me.
There’s a saying in the scientific community, that every great truth goes through three phases. First, people deny it. Second, they say that it conflicts with the Bible. Third, they say that they’ve known it all along.
When you are a hammer, all of your problems will look like nails to you.
On this day long ago, a child was born who, by age 30, would transform the world. Happy Birthday Isaac Newton b. Dec 25, 1642.
The more of us that feel the universe, the better off we will be in this world.
Santa knows Physics: Of all colors, Red Light penetrates fog best. That’s why Benny the Blue-nosed reindeer never got the gig.
What are we promoting in society? Well-behaved automatons that spew back what they learned in a book. That’s not science. You can get a parrot to do that.
On some issues, I’m a staunch Conservative – like curtailing greenhouse gas emissions so that we can Conserve the environment.