Expectation Works In Mysterious Ways---and Totally Unconsciously.

When I Get Sick, I Go To My Doctor Like Everyone Else. A Doctor Has Powerful Tools That May Help Me. Or Those Tools May Hurt Me, Make Me Worse. I Have To Decide. It's My Life. It's My Responsibility.

Discovery Is Always Rape Of The Natural World. Always.

Right Now, Scientists Are In Exactly The Same Position As Renaissance Painters, Commissioned To Make The Portrait The Patron Wants Done, And If They Are Smart, They'll Make Sure Their Work Subtly Flatters The Patron. Not Overtly. Subtly.

Friendships Are Nice. So Is Competence.

I Was Raised With The Idea That If You're Not Smart Enough To Do Science You Can Do Politics.