"But there is only one surefire method of……" — Michael Shermer
"But there is only one surefire method of proper pattern recognition, and that is science."
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97 Quotes by Michael Shermer
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The whole point of faith, in fact, is to believe regardless of the evidence, which is the very antithesis of…
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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…
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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.…
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Science is a set of methods designed to describe and interpret observed or inferred phenomenon, past or present, and aimed…
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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…
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Believing that the rustle in the grass is a dangerous predator when it is only the wind does not cost…
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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…
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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…
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More Method Quotes
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Let it be your constant method to look into the design of people's actions, and see what they would be…
— Marcus Aurelius
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There is a method in man's wickedness; it grows up by degrees.
— Francis Beaumont
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Civilization is a method of living, an attitude of equal respect for all men.
— Jane Addams
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The fear of death often proves mortal, and sets people on methods to save their Lives, which infallibly destroy them.
— Joseph Addison
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Irregularity and want of method are only supportable in men of great learning or genius, who are often too full…
— Joseph Addison
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An infallible method of conciliating a tiger is to allow oneself to be devoured.
— Konrad Adenauer
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Battle, n., A method of untying with the teeth a political knot that would not yield to the tongue.
— Ambrose Bierce
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The true method of knowledge is experiment.
— William Blake
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We can continue to make significant strides in the scientific community by exploring new stem cell research methods that do…
— John Boehner
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The method of the enterprising is to plan with audacity and execute with vigor.
— Christian Nestell Bovee
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I will not, nor will I ever, publicly divulge sensitive intelligence sources and methods. For when that happens, our national…
— John O. Brennan
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I believe that you control your destiny, that you can be what you want to be. You can also stop…
— Leo Buscaglia
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