Anyone Who Says He Knows

Consensus Is Invoked Only In Situations Where The Science Is Not Solid Enough.

Scientific Research Was Much Like Prospecting: You Went Out And You Hunted, Armed With Your Maps And Instruments, But In The Ened Your Preparations Did Not Matter, Or Even Your Intuition. You Needed Your Luck, And Whatever Benefits Accrued To The Diligent, Through Sheer, Grinding Hard Work.

Kids Didn't Have Huge Backpacks When I Was Their Age. We Didn't Have Backpacks At All. Now It Seemed All The Kids Had Them. You Saw Little Second-graders Bent Over Like Sherpas, Dragging Themselves Through The School Doors Under The Weight Of Their Packs. Some Of The Kids Had Their Packs On Rollers, Hauling Them Like Luggage At The Airport. I Didn't Understand Any Of This. The World Was Becoming Digital; Everything Was Smaller And Lighter. But Kids At School Lugged More Weight Than Ever.

Even If You Don't Believe In God, You Still Have To Believe In Something That Gives Meaning To Your Life, And Shapes Your Sense Of The World. Such A Belief Is Religious.

Caring Is Irrelevant. Desire To Do Good Is Irrelevant. All That Counts Is Knowledge And Results