Religion Is A Completely Different Thing From

When We See The Shadow On Our Images, Are We Seeing The Time 11 Minutes Ago On Mars? Or Are We Seeing The Time On Mars As Observed From Earth Now? It's Like Time Travel Problems In Science Fiction. When Is Now; When Was Then?

Without An End To The Burning Of Fossil Fuels, Coal Especially, Most Of Us Will Live Shorter Lives. I'm Hopeful, But Very, Very Concerned.

I Just Want To Remind Us All There Are Billions Of People In The World Who Are Deeply Religious, Who Get Enriched By The Wonderful Sense Of Community By Their Religion. But These Same People Do Not Embrace The Extraordinary View That The Earth Is Somehow Only 6,000 Years Old.

If The Earth Gets Hit By An Asteroid, It's Game Over. It's Control-alt-delete For Civilization.

I Say To The Grownups, If You Want To Deny Evolution And Live In Your World, That's Completely Inconsistent With The World We Observe, That's Fine. But Don't Make Your Kids Do It. Because We Need Them. We Need Scientifically Literate Voters And Taxpayers For The Future. We Need Engineers That Can Build Stuff And Solve Problems.