Ronald Plasterk, moleculair bioloog, voormalig hoogleraar in de ontwikkelingsgenetica aan de Universiteit van Utrecht, minister van Onderwijs, Cultuur en Wetenschap.

Think of how many religions attempt to validate themselves with prophecy. Think of how many people rely on these prophecies, however vague, however unfulfilled, to support or prop up their beliefs. Yet has there ever been a religion with the prophetic accuracy and reliability of science?

~ Carl Sagan