“We all know about species competition, but what about cooperation and ...” — Denise L. Herzing Quote

“We all know about species competition, but what about cooperation and companionship? Are interactions always competition, supporting the survival of the fittest view, or can they include cooperation, suggestive of yet another evolutionary advantage? Recent thoughts on evolution suggest that cooperation in the natural world may be just as important as competition to the evolutionary process.”

“In science fiction, basic doubts featured prominently in the worlds of Philip K. Dick. I knew Phil for 25 years, and he was always getting onto me, a scientist. He was a great fan of quantum uncertainty, epistemology in science, the lot.”

“Chaos isn’t a lack of order; it’s a process where sensitive dependencies guide systems toward optimized configurations - Tom Golway”

“I haven't read a lot of science fiction, and I never intend to write it; it seems to happen a little bit inadvertently for me, in that I'm trying to follow people into points in their lives that demand that I investigate the future.”

“If you want to save your child from polio, you can pray or you can inoculate. ... Choose science.”

“The Life at Conception Act legislatively declares what most Americans believe and what science has long known - that human life begins at the moment of conception and, therefore, is entitled to legal protection from that point forward.”

“Call it "a wonder" or "a mystery" and you have an excuse to never try understanding it - an excuse to not take responsibility for it. People knew about love no more than they knew about Science, but at least most did not jump into Science headstrong, with the hope that they would figure it out as they went, or that some "mysterious" inborn trait would take care of it.”