Technology is so much fun but we can drown in our technology. The fog of information can drive out knowledge.

Technology is so much fun but we can drown in our technology. The fog of information can drive out knowledge.

It has always seemed to me extreme presumptuousness on the part of those who want to make human ability the read more

It has always seemed to me extreme presumptuousness on the part of those who want to make human ability the measure of what nature can and knows how to do, since, when one comes down to it, there is not one effect in nature, no matter how small, that even the most speculative minds can fully understand. -Galileo Galilei.

I assert that the cosmic religious experience is the strongest and the noblest driving force behind scientific research.

I assert that the cosmic religious experience is the strongest and the noblest driving force behind scientific research.

An error is the more dangerous the more truth it contains.

An error is the more dangerous the more truth it contains.

Anybody who has been seriously engaged is scientific work of any kind realizes that over the entrance to the gates read more

Anybody who has been seriously engaged is scientific work of any kind realizes that over the entrance to the gates of the temple of science are written the words: 'Ye must have faith.'.

Like the furtive collectors of stolen art, we [cell biologists] are forced to be lonely admirers of spectacular architecture, exquisite read more

Like the furtive collectors of stolen art, we [cell biologists] are forced to be lonely admirers of spectacular architecture, exquisite symmetry, dramas of violence and death, mobility, self-sacrifice and, yes, rococo sex.

There is no reason for any individual to have a computer in his home.

There is no reason for any individual to have a computer in his home.

If a trainstation is where the train stops, what's a workstation...?

If a trainstation is where the train stops, what's a workstation...?

The Internet's been so great, and it's so nice to have fans do nice, elaborate websites, but I think the read more

The Internet's been so great, and it's so nice to have fans do nice, elaborate websites, but I think the downside is some of the things... for real fans to go on and see that 90 percent of the information isn't true or to see pictures that aren't really me, or for them to be able to sell these things, that's one of the downsides, I think.