My background is basically scientific math. My Dad was a physicist, so I have it in my blood somewhere. Scientific method is very important to me. I think anything that contradicts it is probably not true.

But the reason I call myself by my childhood name is to remind myself that a scientist must also be absolutely like a child. If he sees a thing, he must say that he sees it, whether it was what he thought he was going to see or not. See first, think later, then test. But always see first. Otherwise you will only see what you were expecting.

I think it is very important to be a method actor.

Everything must be taken into account. If the fact will not fit the theory---let the theory go.

لماذا وقف المصري دون العقبة لا يقتحمها فذلك لعلة أراها واضحة وهي أن "علماءنا" لا يريدون هم أنفسهم أن يصدقوا علومهم إلا وهم في معامل البحث العلمي لكنهم إذا ما فرغوا من ذلك تركوا "منهج" العلم في الأدراج وانطلقوا مع الجمهور العريض فيما هو فيه

The quest for absolute certainty is an immature, if not infantile, trait of thinking.