We are each unique concatenation of genes and brains. Our sentience yours mine. Everyone's is ours alone. And like no other anywhere in the cosmos, we are given this one chance to live some fourscore trips around the sun. That is the most any of us can reasonably hope for. Fortunately, it is enough. It is the soul of life. It is heaven on earth. I'll now read my final a paragraph from my book a heavens on earth thati ik: 'Facing death with courage, awareness and honesty can bring out the best in us' You can go to sceptic dot com slash donate here.
Michael Shermer shares his thoughts on life and death, in an emotional remembrance of his friend and business partner of 30 years, Pat Linse (1947–2021), the co-founder of the Skeptics Society and Art Director of Skeptic magazine.