Aliens Cause Global Warming

Some good reading here.

My favorite parts...

But I did not expect science merely to extend lifespan, feed the hungry, cure disease, and shrink the world with jets and cell phones. I also expected science to banish the evils of human thought---prejudice and superstition, irrational beliefs and false fears

There is no such thing as consensus science. If it's consensus, it isn't science. If it's science, it isn't consensus. Period.

Sooner or later, we must form an independent research institute in this country. It must be funded by industry, by government, and by private philanthropy, both individuals and trusts. The money must be pooled, so that investigators do not know who is paying them.

And this guy wrote Jurassic Park, Westworld and The Andromeda Strain. Entertaining, but also very insightful stuff.