If Nobody Cares, Then It Doesn't Matter

As Every Scuba Diver Knows, Panic Is Your Worst Enemy: When It Hits, Your Mind Starts To Thrash And You Are Likely To Do Something Really Stupid And Self-destructive.

Human Consciousness Is Just About The Last Surviving Mystery... A Topic That Often Leaves Even The Most Sophisticated Thinkers Tongue-tied And Confused. And, As With All Of The Earlier Mysteries, There Are Many Who Insist - And Hope - That There Will Never Be A Demystification Of Consciousness.

In 50 Years - Or 20 Years, Or 200 Years - Our Current Epistemic Horizon (the Big Bang, Roughly) May Look As Parochial As The Horizon Newton Had To Settle For In His Day, But No Doubt There Will Still Be Good Questions Whose Answers Elude Us.

Some Of The Greatest, Most Revolutionary Advances In Science Have Been Given Their Initial Expression In Attractively Modest Terms, With No Fanfare.

I Even Agree That The Concept Of God Helps Some People Lead Better Lives. That Does Happen. Don't Ever Forget It. I Just Think There Are Better Ways To Help People Lead Better Lives.