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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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There is no greater evidence of superior intelligence than to be surprised at nothing.
— Josh Billings
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This sense of wonder leads most scientists to a Superior Being - der Alte, the Old One, as Einstein affectionately called the…
— Abdus Salam
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Learning to be flexible in values takes a very long time...Of course I felt a little uncomfortable during questioning the concept of…
— Jacque Fresco
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Modesty teaches us to speak of the ancients with respect, especially when we are not very familiar with their works. Newton, who…
— Francis Atterbury
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A certain critic -- for such men, I regret to say, do exist -- made the nasty remark about my last novel…
— P.G. Wodehouse
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To discover the rules of society that are best suited to nations, there would need to exist a superior intelligence, who could…
— Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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Really, all you need to become a good knitter are wool, needles, hands, and slightly below-average intelligence. Of course superior intelligence, such…
— Elizabeth Zimmermann
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Sometimes you're sure dogs have some secret, superior intelligence, and other times you know they're only their simple, goofy selves.
— Deb Caletti
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The case for exploiting animals for food, clothing and entertainment often relies on our superior intelligence, language and self-awareness: the rights of…
— Michael Shermer
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For me, having superior intelligence is not a gift but rather a curse!! Everyone looks at you as a knowledgeable person with…
— Shin Chan
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