Simplicity Is A Matter Of Taste

Observations Indicate That The Universe Is Expanding At An Ever-increasing Rate. It Will Expand Forever, Getting Emptier And Darker. Although The Universe Doesn’t Have An End, It Had A Beginning In The Big Bang. One Might Ask What Is Before That But The Answer Is That There Is Nowhere Before The Big Bang Just As There Is Nowhere South Of The South Pole.

We've Created Life In Our Own Image.

The Intelligent Beings In These Regions Should Therefore Not Be Surprised If They Observe That Their Locality In The Universe Satisfies The Conditions That Are Necessary For Their Existence. It Is A Bit Like A Rich Person Living In A Wealthy Neighborhood Not Seeing Any Poverty.

When I Hear Of Schrödinger's Cat, I Reach For My Pistol.

Speech Has Allowed The Communication Of Ideas, Enabling Human Beings To Work Together To Build The Impossible. Mankind's Greatest Achievements Have Come About By Talking, And Its Greatest Failures By Not Talking. It Doesn't Have To Be Like This. Our Greatest Hopes Could Become Reality In The Future. With The Technology At Our Disposal, The Possibilities Are Unbounded. All We Need To Do Is Make Sure We Keep Talking.