I went through a period where I couldn’t keep off the establishment’s roofs, it was a serious urge I had. To look at a drainpipe and start shaking with excitement, nobody knows the feeling of hitting a prison roof, not unless you’ve done it. Let me tell you, it’s like a lotto win - it’s power. You’re the governor; it’s a kick in the teeth to the system. Stephen Richards
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  1. The beginning of wisdom, I believe, is our ability to accept an inherent messiness in our explanation of what's going on. Nowhere is it written that human minds should be able to give a full accounting of creation in all dimensions and on all levels....
  2. Science at its best is an open-minded method of inquiry, not a belief system.
  3. I went through the standard scientific atheist phase when I was about 14. I bought into that package deal of science equals atheism.
  4. Bad religion is arrogant, self-righteous, dogmatic and intolerant. And so is bad science. But unlike religious fundamentalists, scientific fundamentalists do not realize that their opinions are based on faith. They think they know the truth.
  5. The simplest and cheapest of all reforms within institutional science is to switch from the passive to the active voice in writing about science.
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