"I care what is actually true, even more……" — Michael Shermer
"I care what is actually true, even more than what I hope is true."
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97 Quotes by Michael Shermer
Michael Shermer has 97 quotes on this site.
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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 Actually True Quotes
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Older people often mistakenly consider that the young people do not care about their country, but the reverse is actually…
— Peter Cosgrove
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The thing about Tolkien, about The Lord of the Rings, is that it's perfect. It's this whole world, this whole…
— Jo Walton
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The thing is, when everyone is trying to persuade you that a thing you know to be true isn't actually…
— Graham Joyce
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I’m a skeptic not because I do not want to believe, but because I want to know. How can we…
— Michael Shermer
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When we name things correctly, we comprehend them correctly, without adding information or judgements that aren't there. Does someone bathe…
— Epictetus
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Creative power has to filter through our beliefs, attitudes, emotions, and habits. The more negative and constricted our beliefs and…
— Shakti Gawain
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How does it feel? I feels exactly like one of those dreams in which you suddenly realize that you have…
— Audrey Niffenegger
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Do you really believe ... that everything historians tell us about men – or about women – is actually true?…
— Moderata Fonte
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Within certain limits, it is actually true that the less money you have, the less you worry.
— George Orwell
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Yes," he said. "I am sure. I double-checked everything after you went home yesterday. I even made a few improvements,…
— Rachel Caine
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One of the biggest problems with the world today is that we have large groups of people who will accept…
— Neil deGrasse Tyson
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This is actually true of the overall fight against al-Qaeda and trans-national extremists, that as you put pressure on them…
— David Petraeus
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