We Are One Species. We Are Starstuff.

Other Things Being Equal, It Is Better To Be Smart Than To Be Stupid.

For All Our Failings, Despite Our Limitations And Fallibilities, We Humans Are Capable Of Greatness.

The Universe Is Not Required To Be In Perfect Harmony With Human Ambition.

Science Arouses A Soaring Sense Of Wonder. But So Does Pseudoscience. Sparse And Poor Popularizations Of Science Abandon Ecological Niches That Pseudoscience Promptly Fills. If It Were Widely Understood That Claims To Knowledge Require Adequate Evidence Before They Can Be Accepted, There Would Be No Room For Pseudoscience.

By Looking Far Out Into Space We Are Also Looking Far Back Into Time, Back Toward The Horizon Of The Universe, Back Toward The Epoch Of The Big Bang.