The Illusion Of Purpose And Design Is

We Now Know That We Are More Insignificant Than We Ever Imagined. If You Get Rid Of Everything We See, The Universe Is Essentially The Same. We Constitute A 1 Percent Bit Of Pollution In A Universe . . . We Are Completely Irrelevant.

Neutrinos Alone, Among All The Known Particles, Have Ethereal Properties That Are Striking And Romantic Enough Both To Have Inspired A Poem By John Updike And To Have Sent Teams Of Scientists Deep Underground For 50 Years To Build Huge Science-fiction-like Contraptions To Unravel Their Mysteries.

A Truly Open Mind Means Forcing Our Imaginations To Conform To The Evidence Of Reality, And Not Vice Versa.

The Real Thing That Physics Tell Us About The Universe Is That It's Big, Rare Event Happens All The Time — Including Life — And That Doesn't Mean It's Special.

As A Scientist, I Don't Believe Anything. Science Shouldn't Use The Word Belief. There Are Things More Likely And Less Likely. Science Can Say Nothing With Absolute Certainty.