Directions Quote by Anonymous

The problem with popular thinking is that it doesn’t require you to think at all.

— Kevin Myers

People don't realize how much they are in the grip of ideas. We live among ideas much more than we live in nature.

— Saul Bellow

The press and the public like certainty and affirmation of popular biases. But real science thrives on the capacity for doubt.

— Wendy Kaminer

Scientists blame the audience for being too stupid, shallow, or lazy to understand. There has been a fascinating debate in the blogosphere lately about…

— Mark Powell

The science doesn't prove Common Core's effective. So I guess what I mean is science is an essential part of any decision-making process, and…

— Zephyr Teachout

Anecdotal thinking comes naturally; science requires training.

— Michael Shermer

Science progresses not because scientists as a whole are passionately open-minded but because different scientists are passionately closed-minded about different things.

— Henry H. Bauer

I get a sense that we've all been educated into one school of thought. I'm not surprised at all to find among the overwhelming…

— Thabo Mbeki

The general public has long been divided into two parts those who think science can do anything, and those who are afraid it will.

— Anonymous

Scientists in general tend to have what I would call a bit of hubris that the public do not necessarily understand. So scientists some…

— George Coyne

Science is not 'organized common sense'; at its most exciting, it reformulates our view of the world by imposing powerful theories against the ancient,…

— Stephen Jay Gould

If you look at the scientists who really make a difference, they think boldly. They're not afraid to question what they see.

— Taylor Wilson