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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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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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Darwin matters because evolution matters. Evolution matters because science matters. Science matters because it is the preeminent story of our age, an…
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Science is not the affirmation of a set of beliefs but a process of inquiry aimed at building a testable body of…
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Either the soul survives death or it does not, and there is no scientific evidence that it does.
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Skepticism is not a position that you stake out ahead of time and stick to no matter what.
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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…
— Michael Shermer
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Building on exhaustive research and probing into such diverse enterprises as textbook production and marketing, public education, and state-level politics, Adam R.…
— Randall Balmer
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Scopes isn’t on trial; civilization is on trial.
— Clarence Darrow
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It's going to be a combination Scopes trial, revolution in the streets, Woodstock Festival and People's Park, all rolled into one.
— Abbie Hoffman
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Life may not be exactly pleasant, but it is at least not dull. Heave yourself into Hell today, and you may miss,…
— H. L. Mencken
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I furnished the body that was needed to sit in the defendant's chair.[Explaining his role in the Scopes Monkey Trial.]
— John T. Scopes
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Like a battalion of marines at roll call, her neck hairs marshaled to five-alarm status. She stumbled back to her desk, jerked…
— Lori Wilde
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I don't need shoes. I need a night scope. You think they sell night scopes someplace here?
— Janet Evanovich
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