Chance is the only source of true novelty..

It is one of the more striking generalizations of biochemistry - which surprisingly is hardly ever mentioned in the biochemical textbooks - that the ….

One of the most frightening things in the Western world, and in this country in particular, is the number of people who believe in things that are sc….

Consciousness is somehow a by-product of the simultaneous, high frequency firing of neurons in different parts of the brain. It's the meshing of thes….

It is essential to understand our brains in some detail if we are to assess correctly our place in this vast and complicated universe we see all arou….

Christianity may be OK between consenting adults in private but should not be taught to young children..

A good scientist values criticism almost higher than friendship: no, in science criticism is the height and measure of friendship..

You’re nothing but a pack of neurons..

Almost all aspects of life are engineered at the molecular level, and without understanding molecules we can only have a very sketchy understanding o….

A theory should not attempt to explain all the facts, because some of the facts are wrong.

Evolution is cleverer than you are..

Biologists must constantly keep in mind that what they see was not designed, but rather evolved..

An honest man, armed with all the knowledge available to us now, could only state that in some sense, the origin of life appears at the moment to be ….

A busy life is a wasted life..

The dangerous man is the one who has only one idea, because then he'll fight and die for it..

Avoid the temptation to work so hard that there is no time left for serious thinking..

In the fullness of time, educated people will believe there is no soul independent of the body, and hence no life after death..

Since I essentially knew nothing, I had an almost completely free choice..

Free will is located in or near the anterior cingulate sulcus..

A man who is right every time is not likely to do very much..

The ultimate aim of the modern movement in biology is in fact to explain all biology in terms of physics and chemistry..