People who know nothing about the subject, or just less than I do, will tell you that science and philosophy and theology have nowadays all come together. So they have, in a sense. But the statement, like those above, is just a statistical one. They have come together as three people may come together in a picture theatre, or three people happen to take an apartment in the same building, or, to apply the metaphor that really fits, as three people come together at a funeral. The funeral is that of Dead Certainty. The interment is over, and the three turn away together. ‘Incomprehensible,’ murmurs Theology reverently. ‘What was that word?’ asks Science. ‘Incomprehensible; I use it often in my litanies.’ ‘Ah yes,’ murmurs Science, with almost equal reverence, ‘incomprehensible.’ ‘The comprehensibility of comprehension,’ begins Philosophy, staring straight in front of him. ‘Poor fellow,’ says Theology, ‘he’s wandering again; better lead him home.’ ‘I haven’t the least idea wh

Scenery check: corn on the right, corn on the left. We’re in Indiana! (Uh-oh) Scenery change: corn on the left, soybeans on the right. Yep, still in Indiana!

Speculation is perfectly all right, but if you stay there you’ve only founded a superstition. If you test it, you’ve started a science. -Hal Clement-

There is a pleasure sure in being mad which none but madmen know. -John Dryden-

A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved, except in memory. (Live Long and Prosper). -Leonard Nimoy, shortly before his death in February, 2015-

You don’t have to be crazy to be my friend. I’ll train you.

Adam and Eve — the first people who failed to read all of Apple’s terms and conditions. -First Congregational Church, Marion, Indiana-

Does your face hurt? Because it’s killing me! (nyuk nyuk nyuk)