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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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I'm working at trying to be a Christian, and that's serious business. It's like trying to be a good Jew, a good…
— Maya Angelou
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My point here, young couples, is that baby-having is extremely serious business, and you probably don't have the vaguest idea what you're…
— Dave Barry
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I love no woman, for love is a serious business, not a jest.
— Marie de France
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To devote yourself to the creation and enjoyment of beauty, then, can be a serious business-not always necessarily a means of escaping…
— Elizabeth Gilbert
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Good design is serious business.
— Alan G. Lafley
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Women are but the toys which amuse our lighter hours---ambition is the serious business of life.
— Walter Scott
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Life is a very serious business for the simple reason that nobody dies laughing.
— Steven Morrissey
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The aeroplane is an invention of the devil and will never play any part in such a serious business as the defence…
— Unknown Author
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Some people think that mathematics is a serious business that must always be cold and dry; but we think mathematics is fun,…
— Ronald Graham
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Fiction is just that-fiction. Yes, it is serious business, but it should also be taken for face value. It's entertainment. It's escapism.…
— Rachel Wade
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Going to school and working for good marks, indeed working for very good marks, was a serious business.
— Martin Lewis Perl
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Writing is not a serious business. It’s a joy and a celebration. You should be having fun with it.
— Ray Bradbury
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