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> [Reality is what kicks back when you kick it. This is just what physicists do with their particle accelerators. We kick reality and feel it kick back. From the intensity and duration of thousands of those kicks over many years,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-j-stenger/reality-is-what-kicks-back-when-you-kick-it-this-is-just-what/)

[Victor J. Stenger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victor-j-stenger/)

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## More by Victor J. Stenger

> [People want to be at the center of the Universe...and they're going to flock to anybody who tells them that.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-j-stenger/people-want-to-be-at-the-center-of-the-universe-and-they-re-going-to/)

[Victor J. Stenger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victor-j-stenger/)

> [Is there a place in a church where you leave your brains when you enter?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-j-stenger/is-there-a-place-in-a-church-where-you-leave-your-brains-when-you/)

[Victor J. Stenger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victor-j-stenger/)

> [To most theistic believers, human life can have no meaning in a universe without God. Quite sincerely, and with understandable yearning for a meaning…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-j-stenger/to-most-theistic-believers-human-life-can-have-no-meaning-in-a/)

[Victor J. Stenger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victor-j-stenger/)

> [ Until recent times, absence of evidence for his \[Jehovah's\] existence has not been sufficient to rule him out. However, we now have enough knowledge… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-j-stenger/until-recent-times-absence-of-evidence-for-his-jehovah-s-existence/)

[Victor J. Stenger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victor-j-stenger/)

> [The problem is that people think faith is something to be admired. In fact, faith means you believe in something for which you have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-j-stenger/the-problem-is-that-people-think-faith-is-something-to-be-admired-in/)

[Victor J. Stenger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victor-j-stenger/)

> [In short, evolution is as close to being a scientific fact as is possible for any theory, given that science is open - ended…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-j-stenger/in-short-evolution-is-as-close-to-being-a-scientific-fact-as-is/)

[Victor J. Stenger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victor-j-stenger/)

> [Debating is not an honest intellectual exercise. It's like a trial in which the goal is not to get to the truth but to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-j-stenger/debating-is-not-an-honest-intellectual-exercise-it-s-like-a-trial-in/)

[Victor J. Stenger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victor-j-stenger/)

> [Fifteen years of skepticism has done more for me than 20 years of force-fed religion and 30 years of indifference in between.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-j-stenger/fifteen-years-of-skepticism-has-done-more-for-me-than-20-years-of/)

[Victor J. Stenger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victor-j-stenger/)

> [Just because quantum mechanics is weird does not mean that everything that is weird is quantum mechanics.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-j-stenger/just-because-quantum-mechanics-is-weird-does-not-mean-that-everything/)

[Victor J. Stenger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victor-j-stenger/)

> [In fact, current cosmological observations indicate that the average density of matter and energy in the universe is equal, within measurement errors, to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-j-stenger/in-fact-current-cosmological-observations-indicate-that-the-average/)

[Victor J. Stenger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victor-j-stenger/)

> [Selling eternal life is an unbeatable business, with no customers ever asking for their money back after the goods are not delivered.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-j-stenger/selling-eternal-life-is-an-unbeatable-business-with-no-customers-ever/)

[Victor J. Stenger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victor-j-stenger/)

> [“The myth of quantum consciousness sits well with many whose egos have made it impossible for them to accept the insignificant place science perceives…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-j-stenger/the-myth-of-quantum-consciousness-sits-well-with-many-whose-egos-have/)

[Victor J. Stenger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victor-j-stenger/)

> [Any strategy that attempts to reinforce faith by undermining science is also doomed to failure. Showing that some scientific theory is wrong will not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-j-stenger/any-strategy-that-attempts-to-reinforce-faith-by-undermining-science/)

[Victor J. Stenger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victor-j-stenger/)

> [Nature is capable of building complex structures by processes of self-organization; simplicity begets complexity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-j-stenger/nature-is-capable-of-building-complex-structures-by-processes-of-self/)

[Victor J. Stenger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victor-j-stenger/)

> [Define self-awareness and tell me what it is about it that requires something more than a material explanation. I do not accept the burden…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-j-stenger/define-self-awareness-and-tell-me-what-it-is-about-it-that-requires/)

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