"Isaac Asimov's remark about the infantilism of pseudoscience……" — Richard Dawkins
"Isaac Asimov's remark about the infantilism of pseudoscience is just as applicable to religion: 'Inspect every piece of pseudoscience and you will find a security blanket, a thumb to suck, a skirt to hold.' It is astonishing, moreover, how many people are unable to understand that 'X is comforting' does not imply 'X is true'."
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Richard Dawkins
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530 Quotes by Richard Dawkins
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