Whenever You Hear The Consensus Of Scientists

In Our Modern Complex World, Fundamentalism Is Dangerous Because Of Its Rigidity And Its Imperviousness To Other Ideas.

She Had Been Living Like A Hermit Herself, In A Cramped, Seedy Apartment In Somerville, Spending Long Hours In The Lab. All-nighters Had Become A Regular Thing. She Didn't Have Any Close Friends, Didn't Go Out On Dates, Didn't Even Go To The Movies By Herself. She Had Sacrificed A Normal Life In Order To Get A Phd, And Become A Scientist.

Human Intelligence Was More Trouble Than It Was Worth. It Was More Destructive Than Creative, More Confusing Than Revealing, More Discouraging Than Satisfying, More Spiteful Than Charitable.

Discovery Is Always Rape Of The Natural World. Always.

When I Get Sick, I Go To My Doctor Like Everyone Else. A Doctor Has Powerful Tools That May Help Me. Or Those Tools May Hurt Me, Make Me Worse. I Have To Decide. It's My Life. It's My Responsibility.