Massimo Pigliucci

Death itself is a natural occurrence, it is unavoidable, and the Stoics thought that part of philosophical practice is to get comfortable…

— Massimo Pigliucci

If a theory purports to explain everything, then it is likely not explaining much at all.

— Massimo Pigliucci

“The many-worlds theory basically maintains that the reason quantum mechanics seems so strange is because we have access to only one of…

— Massimo Pigliucci

“as astronomer Carl Sagan once aptly put it, you do not want to keep your mind so open that your brain is…

— Massimo Pigliucci

Given the power and influence that science increasingly has in our daily lives, it is important that we as citizens of an…

— Massimo Pigliucci

I believe Stoicism can help anyone who takes it seriously and begins to practice it. It will help them flourish because it…

— Massimo Pigliucci

“Following the Post Modernist route, we may indeed never arrive at meaning, but not because meaning is not there... only because we…

— Massimo Pigliucci

I can't speak for others, but I find the fundamental idea that a life worth living is one during which one strives…

— Massimo Pigliucci

The Stoic discipline of action, which is connected to the virtue of justice, says that we ought to treat others fairly and…

— Massimo Pigliucci

“Or maybe, another explanation goes, we are in fact surrounded by ETs and simply don't know it, perhaps because they decided to…

— Massimo Pigliucci

“Science progresses. Ideology tends to linger unchanged, and often unquestioned.”

— Massimo Pigliucci

I don't see any Stoic practice as problematic or risky, but I would advise to engage in extreme versions of the negative…

— Massimo Pigliucci

The Stoics thought that a fundamental insight into human life is that some things are up to us and others are not,…

— Massimo Pigliucci

... it is because one can build a compelling set of arguments - informed by science and thoroughly compatible with it -…

— Massimo Pigliucci

“It is instructive to note that different cultures "discovered" completely different constellations in the sky, a fact that is more consistent with…

— Massimo Pigliucci

“These and similar examples are easy enough to uncover, and they make two crucial points: first, good science does not require experiments,…

— Massimo Pigliucci

“[T]he nature of science is not that of a steady, linear progression toward the Truth, but rather a tortuous road, often characterized…

— Massimo Pigliucci

What the world needs is more compassion; love in the broad sense, and use of practical reason to solve human problems. What…

— Massimo Pigliucci

“[T]he downside of skepticism: it can easily turn into an arrogant position of a priori rejection of any new phenomenon or idea,…

— Massimo Pigliucci

We still live in a world of such gross injustice and inequality, that only privileged people like ourselves can afford to think…

— Massimo Pigliucci

If you are a Christian, you can still practice Stoicism and think of the Logos as the Word of God. If you…

— Massimo Pigliucci

“one does not need experiments to do science. While this claim may sound strange and counterintuitive at first, a moment's reflection will…

— Massimo Pigliucci

Often we can change things, and a realistic attitude - including envisioning worse case scenarios - actually helps to accomplish that change.…

— Massimo Pigliucci

“It seems to me trivially true that particle physics does in fact deal with the simplest objects in the entire universe: atoms…

— Massimo Pigliucci

In my mind, there is no reason why Stoicism shouldn't become as popular as Buddhism, especially in the Western world, where the…

— Massimo Pigliucci