The conservative has little to fear from the man whose reason is the servant of his passions, but let him beware of him in whom reason has become the… - J.B.S. Haldane

To light a lamp as a source of light is about as wasteful of energy as to burn down ones house to roast one's pork.

We do not find obvious evidence of life or mind in so-called inert matter…; but if the scientific point of view is correct, we shall ultimately find them, at least in rudimentary form, all through the universe

It seems to me immensely unlikely that mind is a mere by-product of matter. For if my mental processes are determined wholly by the motions of atoms in my brain I have no reason to suppose that my beliefs are true. They may be sound chemically, but that does not make them sound logically.

And hence I have no reason for supposing my brain to be composed of atoms.

An inordinate fondness for beetles.