Cure The Symptoms, Cure The Disease.

Scientific Power Is Like Inherited Wealth; Attained Without Discipline. You Read About What Others Have Done, And You Take The Next Step. You Can Do It Very Young. You Can Make Progress Very Fast.

I Was Raised With The Idea That If You're Not Smart Enough To Do Science You Can Do Politics.

This Fascination With Computer Models Is Something I Understand Very Well. Richard Feynmann Called It A Disease. I Fear He Is Right.

The Past History Of Human Belief Is A Cautionary Tale. We Have Killed Thousands Of Our Fellow Human Beings Because We Believed They Had Signed A Contract With The Devil, And Had Become Witches. We Still Kill More Than A Thousand People Each Year For Witchcraft. In My View, There Is Only One Hope For Humankind To Emerge From What Carl Sagan Called "the Demon-haunted World" Of Our Past. That Hope Is Science.

In Order Not To Be Misunderstood, I Want It Perfectly Clear That I Believe It Is Incumbent On Us To Conduct Our Lives In A Way That Takes Into Account All The Consequences Of Our Actions, Including The Consequences To Other People, And The Consequences To The Environment.