We Must Shed The Old Stereotype Of

We Are The Offspring Of History, And Must Establish Our Own Paths In This Most Diverse And Interesting Of Conceivable Universes—one Indifferent To Our Suffering, And Therefore Offering Us Maximum Freedom To Thrive, Or To Fail, In Our Own Chosen Way.

Facts Do Not 'speak For Themselves'; They Are Read In The Light Of Theory.

The Proof Of Evolution Lies In Those Adaptations That Arise From Improbable Foundations.

I'm Not A Great Deductive Thinker, But I Will Admit To Having Competence In A Very Wide Range Of Things - Not Being Afraid To Try To Write About Baseball, Choral Music And Dinosaurs In The Same Week And See Connections Among Them.

The Dogmatist Within Is Always Worse Than The Enemy Without.