Self-awareness Is Probably Overrated. A Complex, Self-regulating

We Already Live A Very Long Time For Mammals, Getting Three Times As Many Heartbeats As A Mouse Or Elephant. It Never Seems Enough Though, Does It?

Anyone Who Wants Simple, Pat Stories Should Buy Another Author's Product. The Real Universe Ain't That Way, And Neither Are My Fictive Ones.

For All Its Beauty, Honesty, And Effectiveness At Improving The Human Condition, Science Demands A Terrible Price - That We Accept What Experiments Tell Us About The Universe, Whether We Like It Or Not. It's About Consensus And Teamwork And Respectful Critical Argument, Working With, And Through, Natural Law. It Requires That We Utter, Frequently, Those Hateful Words - 'i Might Be Wrong.'

The Best Time To Act On This Was Decades Ago. The Second Best Time Is Now.

In All Of History, We Have Found Just One Cure For Error—a Partial Antidote Against Making And Repeating Grand, Foolish Mistakes, A Remedy Against Self-deception. That Antidote Is Criticism.