“Personally, I would be delighted if there were a life after death, especially if it permitted me to continue to learn about this world and others, if it gave me a chance to discover how history turns out.”
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I am often amazed at how much more capability and enthusiasm for science there is among elementary school youngsters than among college students.
Skeptical scrutiny is the means, in both science and religion, by which deep thoughts can be winnowed from deep nonsense.
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.
All of the books in the world contain no more information than is broadcast as video in a single large American city in a single year. Not all bits have equal value.
