There is some truth to the idea that, in the fields of science, individual contributions of great significance are possible.

The imposing edifice of science provides a challenging view of what can be achieved by the accumulation of many small efforts in a steady objective and dedicated search for truth.

Science has faith. We make postulates. We can't prove those postulates, but we have faith in them.

I don't think that science is complete at all. We don't understand everything, and one can see, within science itself, there are many inconsistencies. We just have to accept that we don't understand.

Science is exploration. The fundamental nature of exploration is that we don't know what's there. We can guess and hope and aim to find out certain things, but we have to expect surprises.

Much public thinking follows a rut. The same thing is true in science. People get stuck and don't look in other directions.