The doctrine of the sacredness of the soul sounds vaguely uplifting, but in fact is highly malignant. It discounts life on earth… — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
I encourage active skepticism - when people are being skeptical because they're trying to identify the best course of action. They're trying… — Tim Ferriss Copy Share Image
A proclivity for science is embedded deeply within us, in all times, places, and cultures. It has been the means for our… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
“I have found it an amusing strategy, when asked whether I am an atheist, to point out that the questioner is also… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
Skepticism is like a microscope whose magnification is constantly increased: the sharp image that one begins with finally dissolves, because it is… — Stanislaw Lem Copy Share Image
I'm looking at everything with a clear eye and an attitude of acceptance rather than skepticism. I realized, this isn't a career… — Jake Busey Copy Share Image
A state of skepticism and suspense may amuse a few inquisitive minds. But the practice of superstition is so congenial to the… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
Can you dissolve your ego? Can you abandon the idea of self and other? Can you relinquish the notions of male and… — Laozi Copy Share Image
“...Spinoza’s Conjecture:“Belief comes quickly and naturally, skepticism is slow and unnatural, and most people have a low tolerance for ambiguity. The scientific… — Michael Shermer Copy Share Image
Every aspect of Nature reveals a deep mystery and touches our sense of wonder and awe. Those afraid of the universe as… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
“The scientific project starts by rejecting the fantasy of infallibility and proceeding to construct an information network that takes error to be… — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
“Those whose acquaintance with scientific research is derived chiefly from its practical results easily develop a completely false notion of the mentality… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
“A third reason scientists are reluctant to examine paranormal phenomena is that they appear to contradict known physical laws. What is the… — Michael Crichton Copy Share Image
“The foundation of morality on the human sentiments of what is acceptable behavior versus repulsive behavior has always made morals susceptible to… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
We could speak about the meaning of life vis-a-vis non-consequential/deontological theories, apodictic transformation schemata, the incoherence of exemplification, metaphysical realism, Cartesian interactive… — Maira Kalman Copy Share Image
“The real bible is not the work of inspired men, nor prophets, nor apostles, nor evangelists, nor of Christs. Every man who… — Robert G. Ingersoll Copy Share Image
“Books, by imparting a sense of continuity and context, can enlarge the imagination and enable one to weigh evidence, compare and contrast… — Kipling Buis Copy Share Image
But mark, madam, we live amongst riddles and mysteries--the most obvious things, which come in our way, have dark sides, which thequickest… — Laurence Sterne Copy Share Image
“I will not attack your doctrines nor your creeds if they accord liberty to me. If they hold thought to be dangerous… — Robert G. Ingersoll Copy Share Image
But once a culture develops sufficiently to become skeptical, the idea of censorship becomes less attractive. To suppress a book or a… — Rebecca West Copy Share Image
All in all, I am not surprised that the people who want to unravel the social contract start with young adults. Those… — Ellen Goodman Copy Share Image
The trouble with being a secular humanist is that we don't have a congregation. We don't meet so it's a very flimsy… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
“There is a remarkable sentence of Pascal according to which we know too little to be dogmatists and too much to be… — Leo Strauss Copy Share Image
...As Thomas Kuhn pointed out in The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, new scientific theories in any field are regarded with skepticism because… — Marilyn Ferguson Copy Share Image
“Skeptical scientists often point out, as Carl Sagan has, that the wonders of real science far surpass the supposed wonders of fringe… — Michael Crichton Copy Share Image
I am no fan of books. And chances are, if you're reading this, you and I share a healthy skepticism about the… — Stephen Colbert Copy Share Image
“Where misunderstanding dwells, misuse will not be far behind. No theory in the history of science has been more misused and abused… — Sean Carroll Copy Share Image
“How can we consider ourselves to be rational and proclaim that God is ineffable—beyond our frail human abilities to comprehend him—and in… — Brian Goedken Copy Share Image
Just enough of that to be able to give the reader a sense of skepticism that all - it seemed like all… — Jonathon Keats Copy Share Image
As a conservative, I maintain a healthy skepticism of the theory of man-made global warming. I also believe that more people enjoying… — Gary Bauer Copy Share Image
In that kind of environment, where there's so much skepticism about information that's coming in, we're gonna have to spend a lot… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I used everything as a positive to make me a better person and a better player. I have no regrets. Everytime I… — Chris Osgood Copy Share Image
“What do you want?” I grumbled, not really sure if I was imagining his voice or not. “I’m not a figment of… — D.T. Dyllin Copy Share Image
If Jesus rose from the dead, then you have to accept all that he said; if he didn't rise from the dead,… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
I think I developed a culture of healthy skepticism of claims of certainty on any side of the aisle. A sort of… — David Plotz Copy Share Image
“Descartes had somehow managed to use skepticism in service of orthodoxy; he preserved crucial shards of church doctrine—the immortal soul, for starters—while… — Franklin Foer Copy Share Image
“Without such trust and safety, social relationships tend to become strategic rather than cooperative, increasingly full of skepticism and even anxiety and… — Donald Rothberg Copy Share Image
Scepticism commonly takes up the room left by defect of imagination, and is the very quality of mind most likely to seek… — James Russell Lowell Copy Share Image
You cannot prove realism to a complete sceptic or idealist; but you can show an honest man that he is not a… — George Santayana Copy Share Image
I suppose the process of acceptance will pass through the usual four stages: (i) this is worthless nonsense; (ii) this is an… — John B. S. Haldane Copy Share Image
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