The Natural World Is A Package Deal;

The Natural World Is A Package Deal; You Don't Get To Select Which Facts You Like And Which You Don't.

I Often Reflect On What An Extraordinary Time (pun Intended) It Is To Be Alive Here In The Beginning Of The Twenty-first Century. It Took Life Billions Of Years To Get To This Point. It Took Humans Thousands Of Years To Piece Together A Meaningful Understanding Of Our Cosmos, Our Planet And Ourselves. Think How Fortunate We Are To Know This Much. But Think Also Of All That's Yet To Be Discovered. Here's Hoping The Deep Answers To The Deep Questions-from The Nature Of Consciousness To The Origin Of Life-will Be Found In Not Too Much More Time.

I Always Say When You See That Old Black-and-white Footage Of The Rocket On The Launch Pad And It Falls Over And Explodes, That's Because People Had Slide Rules. Not Having The Decimal Point Is A Real Drawback. You Want The Decimal Point, Take It From Me.

When We Explore The Cosmos, We Come To Believe And Prove That We Can Solve Problems That Have Never Been Solved. It Brings Out The Best In Us. Space Exploration Imbues Everyone With An Optimistic View Of The Future.

But As The Cerebellum Degrades With Age, So Does The Quality Of Memories. The Memories Are There, But They're Not As Good.