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Michael Shermer has 97 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:
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The whole point of faith, in fact, is to believe regardless of the evidence, which is the very antithesis of science.
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People believe in God because we are pattern-seeking, storytelling, mythmaking, religious, moral animals.
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Play hard, work hard, love hard. . . .The bottom line for me is to live life to the fullest in the…
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As Karl Marx once noted: 'Hegel remarks somewhere that all great, world-historical facts and personages occur, as it were, twice. He forgot…
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Science is a set of methods designed to describe and interpret observed or inferred phenomenon, past or present, and aimed at building…
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Remember always that we are pattern-seeking primates who are especially adept at finding patterns with emotional meaning.
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The concept of God is generated by a brain designed by evolution to find design in nature (a very recursive idea).
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Believing that the rustle in the grass is a dangerous predator when it is only the wind does not cost much, but…
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Scientists like Bjorn Lomborg in The Skeptical Environmentalist have, in my opinion, properly nailed environmental extremists for these exaggerated scenarios.
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Because of the complexity of the problem, environmental skepticism was once tenable. No longer. It is time to flip from skepticism to…
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Rationality tied to moral decency is the most powerful joint instrument for good that our planet has ever known.
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The actual atoms and molecules that make up my brain and body today are not the same ones that I was born…
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Human beings never think for themselves... For the most part, members of our species simply repeat what they are told-and become upset…
— Michael Crichton
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The gift of language is the single human trait that marks us all genetically, setting us apart from the rest of life.
— Lewis Thomas
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Everyone does what they can to avoid thinking. Laziness is the most basic human trait. People don't want to think -- they…
— Unknown Author
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Every social trait labelled masculine or feminine is in truth a human trait. It is our human right to develop and contribute…
— Wilma Scott Heide
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The single most valuable human trait, the one quality every schoolchild and adult should be taught to nurture, is, quite simply, kindness.
— Derren Brown
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My thesis is that morality exists outside the human mind in the sense of being not just a trait of individual humans,…
— Michael Shermer
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The trick is to realize that one is not important, except insofar as one’s example can serve to elucidate a more widespread…
— Phillip Lopate
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It just seems to be a human trait to want to protect the speech of people with whom we agree. For the…
— Floyd Abrams
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Tis a human trait to hate one you have wronged
— Seneca the Younger
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No human trait deserves less tolerance in everyday life, and gets less, than intolerance.
— Giacomo Leopardi
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I see nothing wrong with the human trait to desire. In fact, I consider it integral to our success mechanism. Becoming attached…
— Peter McWilliams
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It is a very natural human trait to destroy that which frightens us.
— Laurell K. Hamilton
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