“So many questions remain unanswered. Perhaps we are poorer for having lost a possible explanation or richer for having gained a mystery. But aren’t both possibilities equally intriguing?”

“There is nothing to be gained by pretending that academic involvement is necessary, or even always desirable, in the quest for truth and knowledge.”

“The Internet is the aggregate of human derpitude.Listening to the Internet without being confident you’ve found a well-curated garden relative to the area of concern is a bad idea.”

“Religion, for instance, cannot be accepted or rejected out of hand, until the student knows exactly what religion means.”

“Sam enjoyed knowledge. The accumulation and distribution of facts gave him a feeling of control, of utility, of the opposite of the powerlessness that comes with having a smallish, underdeveloped body that doesn’t dependably respond to the mental commands of a largish, overstimulated brain.”