Answers Quote by Neil deGrasse Tyson

There is no skepticism without science and the scientific method. It's about how we know what we know.

— Steven Novella

Rigorous skepticism is a prerequisite for good science, just as it is for good journalism.

— Miranda Devine

Skepticism is the first step on the road to philosophy.

— Denis Diderot

Science, we are repeatedly told, is the most reliable form of knowledge about the world because it is based on testable hypotheses. Religion, by…

— Paul Davies

I totally understand skepticism, and I think it's so important for me to show validation of my readings.

— Tyler Henry

Science ... looks skeptically at all claims to knowledge, old and new. It teaches not blind obedience to those in authority but to vigorous…

— Carl Sagan

In science, a healthy skepticism is a professional necessity, whereas in religion, having belief without evidence is regarded as a virtue.

— Paul Davies

There is no better soporific and sedative than skepticism.

— Friedrich Nietzsche

Skepticism is an important historical tool. It is the starting point of all revision of hitherto accepted history.

— Anonymous

In practice, the goal of skepticism is not the discovery of truth, but the exposure of other people's errors. It plays a useful role…

— Rupert Sheldrake

Who shall forbid a wise skepticism, seeing that there is no practical question on which anything more than an approximate solution can be had?

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

The Bible is not primarily a science book. It is not written to tell us how the heavens go; it is written to tell…

— Adrian Rogers