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# Wendy Kaminer

(1949)   Journalist   United States

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Wendy Kaminer is a journalist from the United States, best known for *Worst instincts*.

## Quick Facts About Wendy Kaminer

Born December 28, 1949

Nationality United States

Profession Journalist

Notable works Worst instincts

## About Wendy Kaminer

Wendy Kaminer is an American lawyer and writer. She has written several books on contemporary social issues, including A Fearful Freedom: Women's Flight From Equality, about the conflict between egalitarian and protectionist feminism; I'm Dysfunctional, You're Dysfunctional: The Recovery Movement and Other Self-Help Fashions, about the self-help movement; and Sleeping with Extra-Terrestrials: The Rise of Irrationalism and Perils of Piety.

## Awards & Honors

Guggenheim Fellowship The Smith College Medal

##  Quotes by Wendy Kaminer

> [When the inner child finds a guardian angel, publishers are in heaven.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wendy-kaminer/when-the-inner-child-finds-a-guardian-angel-publishers-are-in-heaven/)

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> [Faith is not a function of stupidity but a frequent cause of it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wendy-kaminer/faith-is-not-a-function-of-stupidity-but-a-frequent-cause-of-it/)

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[Cause](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cause/)

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> [There are only two states of being in the world of codependency - recovery and denial.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wendy-kaminer/there-are-only-two-states-of-being-in-the-world-of-codependency/)

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[Denial](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/denial/)

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> [Only people who die very young learn all they really need to know in kindergarten.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wendy-kaminer/only-people-who-die-very-young-learn-all-they-really-need-to-know-in/)

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[Die young](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/die-young/)

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> [The press and the public like certainty and affirmation of popular biases. But real science thrives on the capacity for doubt.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wendy-kaminer/the-press-and-the-public-like-certainty-and-affirmation-of-popular/)

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[Affirmation](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/affirmation/)

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> [Like heterosexuality, faith in immaterial realities is popularly considered essential to individual morality.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wendy-kaminer/like-heterosexuality-faith-in-immaterial-realities-is-popularly/)

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[Character](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/character/)

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> [As Camille Paglia's success has demonstrated, what is most marketable is absolutism and attitude undiluted by thought.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wendy-kaminer/as-camille-paglia-s-success-has-demonstrated-what-is-most-marketable/)

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[Absolutism](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/absolutism/)

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> [Patriotism does not oblige us to acquiesce in the destruction of liberty. Patriotism obliges us to question it, at least.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wendy-kaminer/patriotism-does-not-oblige-us-to-acquiesce-in-the-destruction-of/)

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[Destruction](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/destruction/)

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> [Tolerance is thin gruel compared to the rapture of absolute truths. It's not surprising that religious people are often better protected by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wendy-kaminer/tolerance-is-thin-gruel-compared-to-the-rapture-of-absolute-truths-it/)

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[Absolute truth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/absolute-truth/)

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> [Spirituality authors, who are generally forgiving of most human foibles ... take a hard line on intellectualism… Skepticism they view with contempt,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wendy-kaminer/spirituality-authors-who-are-generally-forgiving-of-most-human/)

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[Atheism](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/atheism/)

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> [For the most part, executions happen in obscurity. If people did hear about executions, if they were publicized, even televised, I fear…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wendy-kaminer/for-the-most-part-executions-happen-in-obscurity-if-people-did-hear/)

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[Enjoy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/enjoy/)

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> [The dissemination of pseudoscience, including such things as the fascination with near-death experiences and the growing belief by Americans -- 34 percent…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wendy-kaminer/the-dissemination-of-pseudoscience-including-such-things-as-the/)

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[Belief](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/belief/)

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> [I don't spend much time thinking about whether God exists. I don't consider that a relevant question. It's unanswerable and irrelevant to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wendy-kaminer/i-don-t-spend-much-time-thinking-about-whether-god-exists-i-don-t/)

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[Atheism](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/atheism/)

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> [In this climate - with belief in guardian angels and creationism becoming commonplace - making fun of religion is as risky as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wendy-kaminer/in-this-climate-with-belief-in-guardian-angels-and-creationism/)

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[Angel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/angel/)

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> [I don't think of myself as having a particular role. I'm lucky enough to be able to make my living essentially by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wendy-kaminer/i-don-t-think-of-myself-as-having-a-particular-role-i-m-lucky-enough/)

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[Enough](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/enough/)

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> [Under the rubric of religious freedom, we respect the right to worship differently much more than the right to worship not at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wendy-kaminer/under-the-rubric-of-religious-freedom-we-respect-the-right-to-worship/)

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[Atheism](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/atheism/)

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> [It's easy to sell good news like this, and the authors confidently rely on classic fallacious arguments. They argue by declaration, which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wendy-kaminer/it-s-easy-to-sell-good-news-like-this-and-the-authors-confidently/)

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[Amusing](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/amusing/)

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> [The phenomenal success of the recovery movement reflects two simple truths that emerge in adolescence: all people love to talk about themselves,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wendy-kaminer/the-phenomenal-success-of-the-recovery-movement-reflects-two-simple/)

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[Adolescence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/adolescence/)

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> [I don't care if religious people consider me amoral because I lack their beliefs in God. I do however care deeply about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wendy-kaminer/i-don-t-care-if-religious-people-consider-me-amoral-because-i-lack/)

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[Be good](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/be-good/)

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> [I do what I do because I have a compulsion to hold forth. I don't spend a lot of time, if any,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wendy-kaminer/i-do-what-i-do-because-i-have-a-compulsion-to-hold-forth-i-don-t/)

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[Airplane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/airplane/)

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> [What makes fantastic declarations believable is, in part, the vehemence with which they're proffered. Again, in the world of spirituality as well…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wendy-kaminer/what-makes-fantastic-declarations-believable-is-in-part-the-vehemence/)

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[Abuse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/abuse/)

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> [There are, however, exceptions to this reliance on feelings as evidence of truth: if, for instance, your feelings lead to disbelief instead…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wendy-kaminer/there-are-however-exceptions-to-this-reliance-on-feelings-as-evidence/)

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[Angel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/angel/)

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> [It is the inevitable effect of religion on public policy that makes it a matter of public concern. Advocates of religiosity extol…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wendy-kaminer/it-is-the-inevitable-effect-of-religion-on-public-policy-that-makes/)

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[Atheism](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/atheism/)

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> [Interactivity has the virtue of democracy, conferring upon everyone with access to a computer the right and opportunity to be heard, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wendy-kaminer/interactivity-has-the-virtue-of-democracy-conferring-upon-everyone-2/)

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[Access](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/access/)

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> [Religions, of course, have their own demanding intellectual traditions, as Jesuits and Talmudic scholars might attest… But, in its less rigorous, popular…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wendy-kaminer/religions-of-course-have-their-own-demanding-intellectual-traditions/)

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[Average](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/average/)

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> [Jerry Falwell knows who caused the terrorist attack on America: the ACLU. "The ACLU's got to take a lot of blame for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wendy-kaminer/jerry-falwell-knows-who-caused-the-terrorist-attack-on-america-the/)

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[America](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/america/)

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> [There's a way in which all of these grazers at the spirituality buffet are performing a service, because you could argue that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wendy-kaminer/there-s-a-way-in-which-all-of-these-grazers-at-the-spirituality/)

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[Arguing](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/arguing/)

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> [The scarcest resource these days is reason. What's certainly striking about American culture today is the great hostility toward science and the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wendy-kaminer/the-scarcest-resource-these-days-is-reason-what-s-certainly-striking/)

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[American culture](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/american-culture/)

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> [There is this fashionable progressive notion that everything is so completely political that the idea we could have some sort of neutral…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wendy-kaminer/there-is-this-fashionable-progressive-notion-that-everything-is-so/)

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[Code](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/code/)

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> [We don't cut off the hands of thieves or castrate rapists. Why must we murder murderers?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wendy-kaminer/we-don-t-cut-off-the-hands-of-thieves-or-castrate-rapists-why-must-we/)

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[Cutting](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cutting/)

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> [Jargon seems to be the place where the right brain and the left brain meet.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wendy-kaminer/jargon-seems-to-be-the-place-where-the-right-brain-and-the-left-brain/)

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[Brain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/brain/)

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> [Whatever lessons we take from this dreadful attack (on the World Trade Center and Pentagon), we should never forget that it was,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wendy-kaminer/whatever-lessons-we-take-from-this-dreadful-attack-on-the-world-trade/)

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[Faith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/faith/)

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> [Give the FBI unchecked domestic spying powers and instead of focusing on preventing terrorism, it will revert to doing what it does…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wendy-kaminer/give-the-fbi-unchecked-domestic-spying-powers-and-instead-of-focusing/)

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[Dissidents](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dissidents/)

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> [One of the reasons I'm drawn to civil libertarianism as opposed to communitarianism is that I don't worry so much about the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wendy-kaminer/one-of-the-reasons-i-m-drawn-to-civil-libertarianism-as-opposed-to/)

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[Capable](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/capable/)

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> [In its more authoritarian forms, religion punishes questioning and rewards gullibility. Faith is not a function of stupidity, but a frequent cause…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wendy-kaminer/in-its-more-authoritarian-forms-religion-punishes-questioning-and/)

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[Causes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/causes/)

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> [The magical thinking encouraged by any belief in the supernatural, combined with the vilification of rationality and skepticism, is more conducive to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wendy-kaminer/the-magical-thinking-encouraged-by-any-belief-in-the-supernatural/)

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[Belief](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/belief/)

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> [What might once have been called whining is now exalted as a process of asserting selfhood; self-absorption is regarded as a form…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wendy-kaminer/what-might-once-have-been-called-whining-is-now-exalted-as-a-process/)

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[Absorption](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/absorption/)

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> [Secularists are often wrongly accused of trying to purge religious ideals from public discourse. We simply want to deny them public sponsorship.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wendy-kaminer/secularists-are-often-wrongly-accused-of-trying-to-purge-religious/)

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[Accused](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/accused/)

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> [If all issues are personalized, we lose our capacity to entertain ideas, to generalize from our own or someone else's experiences, to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wendy-kaminer/if-all-issues-are-personalized-we-lose-our-capacity-to-entertain/)

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[Capacity](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/capacity/)

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> [I don't see a direct conflict between the rights of individuals and the rights of communities, because I don't perceive of communities…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wendy-kaminer/i-don-t-see-a-direct-conflict-between-the-rights-of-individuals-and/)

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[Community](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/community/)

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## Wendy Kaminer by topic

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