“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
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 human psychology is to grab onto comforting beliefs for purely emotional reasons, and then justify those beliefs to ourselves with post-hoc rationalizations." - Steven Novella” — Steven Novella Copy Share
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
