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A Wonderful Area For Speculative Academic Work Is The Unknowable. These Days Religious Subjects Are In Disfavor, But There Are Still Plenty Of Good Topics. The Nature Of Consciousness, The Workings Of The Brain, The Origin Of Aggression, The Origin Of Language, The Origin Of Life On Earth, Seti And Life On Other Worlds...this Is All Great Stuff. Wonderful Stuff. You Can Argue It Interminably. But It Can't Be Contradicted, Because Nobody Knows The Answer To Any Of These Topics.

Nobody Dares To Solve The Problems-because The Solution Might Contradict Your Philosophy, And For Most People Clinging To Beliefs Is More Important Than Succeeding In The World.

Scientific Power Is Like Inherited Wealth; Attained Without Discipline. You Read About What Others Have Done, And You Take The Next Step. You Can Do It Very Young. You Can Make Progress Very Fast.

Men Under Stress Are Fools, And Fool Themselves.

Reality Is Always Greater - Much Greater - Than What We Know, Than Whatever We Can Say About It.