A googolplex is precisely as far from infinity as is the number 1… no matter what number you have in mind, infinity is larger still.
All of the books in the world contain no more information than is broadcast as video in a single large American city in a single year. Not all bits have equal value.
All inquires carry with them some element of risk. There is no guarantee that the universe will conform to our predispositions.
Accommodation to change, the thoughtful pursuit of alternative futures are keys to the survival of civilization and perhaps of the human species.
Advances in medicine and agriculture have saved vastly more lives than have been lost in all the wars in history.
