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I'm an anarchist and I do think things such as Occupy Wall Street are about getting a little closer to the solution.

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. . . informed ignorance provides the natural state of mind for research scientists at the ever-shifting frontiers of knowledge. People who believe themselves ignorant of nothing have neither looked for, nor stumbled upon, the boundary between what is known and unknown in the cosmos.

Believe, Frontiers, Ignorance, People, State, Stumbled
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To assert that the universe has a purpose implies the universe has intent. And intent implies a desired outcome. But who would do the desiring? And what would a desired outcome be? That carbon-based life is inevitable? Or that sentient primates are life's neurological pinnacle? Are answers to these questions even possible without expressing a profound bias of human sentiment? Of course humans were not around to ask these questions for 99. 9999% of cosmic history. So if the purpose of the universe was to create humans then the cosmos was embarrassingly inefficient about it.

9999, Bias, Cosmos, Profound, Purpose, Universe

Kids should be allowed to break stuff more often. That's a consequence of exploration. Exploration is what you do when you don't know what you're doing.

Exploration, Kids, Stuff

I dream of a world where the truth is what shapes people's politics, rather than politics shaping what people think is true.

Dream, People, Politics, Shaping, Thinking, Truth

Would a NASA reality show "Lunar Shore" be more popular than "Jersey Shore?" Civilization's future depends on that answer.

Answer, Civilization, Future, Mind Blowing, Reality, Show

To learn more about science, turn off your electronic device and go outside and look around a bit. Nature is calling you. Go on. The internet will still be here.

Calling, Electronic, Goes On, Looks, Science, Turn
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