Engaging in scientific collaboration transcends national boundaries and provides a higher purpose that naturally fosters cooperation and peace.

“It may be that the future of morality is rolled up in what it takes to get along. And what I know firsthand is that when you do science, you get along. You get along because the object of your affection sits outside of ourselves. It's a higher purpose, a higher goal to understand the nature of this ”

Scientific discovery and reason have revealed that certain societal structures based on autonomy and equality objectively promote human well-being and flourishing.

“what we've been doing for centuries is discovering that there's certain ways of structuring a society, a community of people that live together in that that are more harmonious to our collective and individual uh well-being, our our survival and flourishing as sentient beings.”