“Questioning our own motives, and our own process, is critical to a skeptical and scientific outlook. We must realize that the default mode of human psychology is to grab onto comforting beliefs for purely emotional reasons, and then justify those… — Steven Novella Copy Share Image
Creationists argue that natural selection is only a negative process, and therefore cannot create anything. Chopra argues that skepticism is only a negative process, and therefore does not lead to knowledge. Both are wrong for the same reasons. They ignore… — Steven Novella Copy Share Image
There is no skepticism without science and the scientific method. It's about how we know what we know. — Steven Novella Copy Share Image
“Questioning our own motives, and our own process, is critical to a skeptical and scientific outlook. We must realize that the default mode of… — Steven Novella Copy Share Image
The work of a science blogger is largely comprised of correcting and criticizing bad science news reporting. — Steven Novella Copy Share Image
History is strewn with ideas that were intuitive and made sense at the time, but were also hopelessly wrong. — Steven Novella Copy Share Image
“What do you think science is? There's nothing magical about science. It is simply a systematic way for carefully and thoroughly observing nature and… — Steven Novella Copy Share Image
Creationists argue that natural selection is only a negative process, and therefore cannot create anything. Chopra argues that skepticism is only a negative process,… — Steven Novella Copy Share Image
Some claims deserve ridicule, and anything less falsely elevates them. — Steven Novella Copy Share Image
