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97 Quotes by Michael Shermer

Michael Shermer has 97 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

The whole point of faith, in fact, is to believe regardless of the evidence, which is the very antithesis of…
People believe in God because we are pattern-seeking, storytelling, mythmaking, religious, moral animals.
Play hard, work hard, love hard. . . .The bottom line for me is to live life to the fullest…
As Karl Marx once noted: 'Hegel remarks somewhere that all great, world-historical facts and personages occur, as it were, twice.…
Science is a set of methods designed to describe and interpret observed or inferred phenomenon, past or present, and aimed…
Remember always that we are pattern-seeking primates who are especially adept at finding patterns with emotional meaning.
The concept of God is generated by a brain designed by evolution to find design in nature (a very recursive…
Believing that the rustle in the grass is a dangerous predator when it is only the wind does not cost…
Scientists like Bjorn Lomborg in The Skeptical Environmentalist have, in my opinion, properly nailed environmental extremists for these exaggerated scenarios.
Because of the complexity of the problem, environmental skepticism was once tenable. No longer. It is time to flip from…
Rationality tied to moral decency is the most powerful joint instrument for good that our planet has ever known.
The actual atoms and molecules that make up my brain and body today are not the same ones that I…

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Democracy arises out of the notion that those who are equal in any respect are equal in all respects; because… — Aristotle
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In the holy city of Mecca, violence of any kind was forbidden. From the moment they left home, pilgrims were… — Karen Armstrong
Today we often think that before we start living a religious life we have first to accept the creedal doctrines… — Karen Armstrong
It can't be any simpler: the farewell is going to be on the Champs-Elysees. — Lance Armstrong
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So long as we have failed to eliminate any of the causes of human despair, we do not have the… — Antonin Artaud
People are definitely a company's greatest asset. It doesn't make any difference whether the product is cars or cosmetics. A… — Mary Kay Ash

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