My father was a physicist and also an activist. My first public protest was with my dad at Stanford. I came by all that honestly.
Modernism may be seen as an attempt to reconstruct the world in the absence of God.
Scientists themselves are of surprisingly little help. They find it difficult to talk of what they do because they tend to assume detailed knowledge is required for generalities to be understood. They find it hard to grasp the concept of the meaning of their work, assuming this to be a debate that takes place at a lower level than the specialized discussions with their colleagues. When they do generalize, - or "popularize" as it is usually called with a noticeable degree of contempt - they tend to reveal a startling philosophical naiveté.
On the maps provided by science, we find everything except ourselves.
Of course, the other thing about evolution is that anything can be said because very little can be disproved. Experimental evidence is minimal.
In AI, Spielberg is bleaching the dirt out of the human mind and leaving behind only the vacant gaze of machine 'love'. Coca Cola ads do much the same thing - and they don't take two hours.
Information is the new atom or electron, the fundamental building block of the universe. . . We now see the world as entirely made of information: it's bits all the way down.
Manners are love in a cool climate.
All writers - all people - have their stores of private and family legends which lie like a collection of half-forgotten, often violent toys on the floor of memory.
Your people come first, and if you treat them right, they'll treat the customers right.
Our spontaneous action is always the best. You cannot, with your best deliberation and heed, come so close to any question as your spontaneous glance shall bring you.