My Father Was A Very Good Boy

When We See The Shadow On Our Images, Are We Seeing The Time 11 Minutes Ago On Mars? Or Are We Seeing The Time On Mars As Observed From Earth Now? It's Like Time Travel Problems In Science Fiction. When Is Now; When Was Then?

Bicycling Is A Big Part Of The Future. It Has To Be. There's Something Wrong With A Society That Drives A Car To Work Out In A Gym.

I Just Want To Remind Us All There Are Billions Of People In The World Who Are Deeply Religious, Who Get Enriched By The Wonderful Sense Of Community By Their Religion. But These Same People Do Not Embrace The Extraordinary View That The Earth Is Somehow Only 6,000 Years Old.

We Are Special In The Sense That We Can Know Our Place In The Cosmos. We Can Know Our Place In Space. We Are At Least One Of The Cosmos's Ways Of Knowing Itself. That Fills Me With Reverence And Joy. Another Insight I Really Want People To Consider Is This: Everyone Has Gotten This Far. Everyone You Meet Has Made It This Far. Nobody Is Superior To Anyone Else From An Evolutionary Standpoint.

My Father Was A Very Good Boy Scout. He Was Very Skilled With Knots, And He Showed Me How To Tie A Bow Tie.