Ask yourself…what’s the greatest force for human progress in the history of our species?

Science. You know…that thing that gave us indoor plumbing, medicine, toys, electricity, computers, transportation, tools, cakes and clothes. If it were not for science, our species would be naked living in caves or the bush somewhere.

And, ask yourself…what is science? Not the textbook answer. The common sense answer.

Science is a human way of thinking. It’s something kids and regular people do all the time—they tinker and watch and adjust until they get something right. They try in order to do better. My grandma’s blueberry pie is the culmination of a lifetime of scientific exploration, using the same brain machinery as the designers of the Perseverance Rover. Part imagination, part investigation, part experimentation—and all human.

This website celebrates humanity, and particularly the human power of science, without which we’d just like any other species of animal on the planet. It also celebrates the complexities of the human brain that not only automatically does science, but is capable of tremendous compassion, friendship, knowledge, play, beauty, reason, justice, philosophy, authenticity, cooperation and plenty more.

So, let’s Praise the Science as the strongest force for human good, and let’s celebrate the opportunity to use scientific thinking to improve the lot of our otherwise insignificant species speeding around a star on a waterlogged rock hurling through space.