“Humanity has the stars in its future, and that future is too important to be lost under the burden of juvenile folly and ignorant superstition.”

— Isaac Asimov (2 Jan 1920 – 6 Apr 1992)

American author (of Russian parentage) and professor of biochemistry at Boston University who was a prolific author and editor of science fiction and non-fiction.

He was a regular commentator on science and society and atheism and was known for creating the three laws of robotics.

Asimov did not oppose genuine religious feelings in others. He did, however, have little patience for intolerance or superstition masquerading as religion – or pseudo-science.

PS: I love coffee. BuyMeACoffee, leave a message with a date and time and we can share it, remotely, at the same time, and think about the Cosmos.

In the meantime, take care of yourself and if you can, someone else, too, because as Adam Smith said, “we naturally desire not only to be loved but to be lovely”.

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