I Want To Be Cremated, And I

Death Is The Ultimate Disappointment

They Would Have Been Very Let Down If They Had To Leave The Theater And He Had Missed. He Would Feel Badly. Everyone Would Feel Badly. But He Never Let Them Down.

There Exists In Society A Very Special Class Of Persons That I Have Always Referred To As The Believers. These Are Folks Who Have Chosen To Accept A Certain Religion, Philosophy, Theory, Idea Or Notion And Cling To That Belief Regardless Of Any Evidence That Might, For Anyone Else, Bring It Into Doubt. They Are The Ones Who Encourage And Support The Fanatics And The Frauds Of Any Given Age. No Amount Of Evidence, No Matter How Strong, Will Bring Them Any Enlightenment. They Are The Sheep Who Beg To Be Fleeced And Butchered, And Who Will Battle Fiercely To Preserve Their Right To Be Victimized.

I Do Not Expect That Homeopathy Will Ever Be Established As A Legitimate Form Of Treatment, But I Do Expect That It Will Continue To Be Popular.

Science Is Best Defined As A Careful, Disciplined, Logical Search For Knowledge About Any And All Aspects Of The Universe, Obtained By Examination Of The Best Available Evidence And Always Subject To Correction And Improvement Upon Discovery Of Better Evidence. What's Left Is Magic. And It Doesn't Work.