Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.
History is full of people who out of fear, or ignorance, or lust for power has destroyed knowledge of immeasurable value which truly belongs to us all. We must not let it happen again.
I believe that the extraordinary should be pursued. But extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.
If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe.
It is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.
We are the product of 4.5 billion years of fortuitous, slow biological evolution. There is no reason to think that the evolutionary process has stopped. Man is a transitional animal. He is not the climax of creation.
When Kepler found his long-cherished belief did not agree with the most precise observation, he accepted the uncomfortable fact. He preferred the hard truth to his dearest illusions, that is the heart of science.
When you make the finding yourself - even if you're the last person on Earth to see the light - you'll never forget it.