I've Got No Problem With

Evolution Is The Fundamental Idea In All Of Life Science, In All Of Biology. The Key To Our Being Here Now Is Time, 4.54 Billion (earth) Years Of Time. Nuclear Fission Wasn't Discovered Until Long After Charles Darwin And Alfred Russell Wallace Published Their Original Books And Papers, For Example. Our Ability To Measure Atomic Masses Wasn't Developed Until Long After Their Deaths. These Features Of Nature Enabled Us To Reckon The Age Of The Earth And Compare It With Speciation Rates Here.

But Investment In Space Stimulates Society, It Stimulates It Economically, It Stimulates It Intellectually, And It Gives Us All Passion.

I Often Reflect On What An Extraordinary Time (pun Intended) It Is To Be Alive Here In The Beginning Of The Twenty-first Century. It Took Life Billions Of Years To Get To This Point. It Took Humans Thousands Of Years To Piece Together A Meaningful Understanding Of Our Cosmos, Our Planet And Ourselves. Think How Fortunate We Are To Know This Much. But Think Also Of All That's Yet To Be Discovered. Here's Hoping The Deep Answers To The Deep Questions-from The Nature Of Consciousness To The Origin Of Life-will Be Found In Not Too Much More Time.

I Hope Climate Science Becomes The Big Thing. And Then What I Want Is Electrical Engineers To Solve The World's Energy Problems, Energy Distribution Problems. I Want Mechanical Engineers To Make Better Transportation Systems. I Want Chemical Engineers To Develop Better Solar Panels, And So On.

Recommending Or Insisting On Abstinence Has Been Completely Ineffective.