“Science is too important not to be part of popular culture. It is, as Carl Sagan always emphasized, "it is absolutely the foundation of our society, we live in a scientific society”, so to have a society where science is some how divorced from the...

“Science is too important not to be part of popular culture. It is, as Carl Sagan always emphasized, "it is absolutely the foundation of our society, we live in a scientific society”, so to have a society where science is some how divorced from the rest of culture is seems to me as Sagan said again “Anti-democratic”. It is anti-democratic cause you have people who live in democracy who lives are controlled by scientific decisions. If they no nothing about the science, then there is a democratic deficit. And you have problems because society can make decisions that are not based on reason.“ Professor Brian Cox

“In 5 billion years, the expansion of the universe will have progressed to the point where all other galaxies will have receded beyond detection. Indeed, they will be receding faster than the speed of light, so detection will be impossible. Future...

“In 5 billion years, the expansion of the universe will have progressed to the point where all other galaxies will have receded beyond detection. Indeed, they will be receding faster than the speed of light, so detection will be impossible. Future civilizations will discover science and all its laws, and never know about other galaxies or the cosmic background radiation. They will inevitably come to the wrong conclusion about the universe……. We live in a special time, the only time, where we can observationally verify that we live in a special time." Lawrence Krauss

“A lot of what we’ve learned about science tells us that our "common sense” it’s just wrong. We evolved to avoid lions on the savanna, not to understand quantum mechanics, so the fact that our common sense is wrong is not such a bad thing, it’s...

“A lot of what we’ve learned about science tells us that our "common sense” it’s just wrong. We evolved to avoid lions on the savanna, not to understand quantum mechanics, so the fact that our common sense is wrong is not such a bad thing, it’s called learning.

The fact that we have to change our minds shouldn’t be a threat, it’s a wonderful thing to force your beliefs to conform to the evidence of reality. 

It’s amazing to discover you are wrong, in fact, it’s liberating. That’s one of the great things about science. It opens your mind.“ Lawrence Krauss

“The first principle is that you must not fool yourself and you are the easiest person to fool.” Richard Feynman

“The first principle is that you must not fool yourself and you are the easiest person to fool.” Richard Feynman

“Our loyalties are to the species and the planet. We speak for Earth. Our obligation to survive is owed not just to ourselves but also to that Cosmos, ancient and vast, from which we spring.” Carl Sagan

“Losing a belief in free will has not made me a fatalist - in fact, it has increased my feelings of freedom. My hopes, fears, and neuroses seem less personal and indelible. There is no telling how much I might change in the future. Just as one wouldn’t draw a lasting conclusion about oneself on the basis of a brief experience of indigestion, one needn’t do so on a basis of how one has thought or behaved for vast stretches of time in the past. A creative change of inputs to the system - learning new skills, forming new relationships, adopting new habits of attention - may radically transform one’s life. Becoming sensitive to the background causes of one’s thoughts and feelings can -paradoxically- allow for greater creative control over one’s life. This understanding reveals you to be a biochemical puppet, of course, but it also allows you to grab hold of one of your strings.” Sam Harris

“Our imagination is stretched to the utmost, not, as in fiction, to imagine things which are not really there, but just to comprehend those things which are there.” Richard Feynman

“We are alone among animals in foreseeing our end. We are also alone among animals in being able to say before we die: Yes, this is why it was worth coming to life in the first place.” Richard Dawkins