I studied anthropology in college, and one of the things I learned was that certain human social structures always reappear. They can't be eliminated… - Michael Crichton

Even if you don’t believe in any God, you still have to believe in something that gives meaning to your life, and shapes your sense of the world. Such a belief is religious.

I think that you cannot eliminate religion from the psyche of mankind. If you suppress it in one form, it merely emerges in another form. Even if you don't believe in God, you still have to believe in something that gives meaning to your life, and shapes your sense of the world. Such a belief is religious.

I want to pause here and talk about this notion of consensus, and the rise of what has been called consensus science. I regard consensus science as an extremely pernicious development that ought to be stopped cold in its tracks. Historically, the claim of consensus has been the first refuge of scoundrels; it is a way to avoid debate by claiming that the matter is already settled.

Harassment is about power — -the undue exercise of power by a superior over a subordinate.

Life breaks free. Life expands to new territories. Painfully, perhaps even dangerously. But life finds a way.