The Universe Is Not A Collection Of

Imagine A Civilisation That's Way In Advance Of Us Wants To Communicate With Us, And Assist Us In Our Development. The Information We Provide To Them Must Reflect Our Highest Aspirations And Ideals, And Not Just Be Some Crazy Person's Bizarre Politics Or Religion.

Astronauts Have Been Stuck In Low-earth Orbit, Boldly Going Nowhere. American Attempts To Kick-start A New Phase Of Lunar Exploration Have Stalled Amid The Realisation That Nasa's Budget Is Too Small For The Job.

The Secret Of Life Does Not Lie In Its Chemical Basis . . . Life Succeeds Precisely Because It Evades Chemical Imperatives.

Many Billions Of Years Will Elapse Before The Smallest, Youngest Stars Complete Their Nuclear Burning And Shrink Into White Dwarfs. But With Slow, Agonizing Finality Perpetual Night Will Surely Fall.

Science May Explain The World, But We Still Have To Explain Science. The Laws Which Enable The Universe To Come Into Being Spontaneously Seem Themselves To Be The Product Of Exceedingly Ingenious Design. If Physics Is The Product Of Design, The Universe Must Have A Purpose, And The Evidence Of Modern Physics Suggests Strongly To Me That The Purpose Includes Us