"When people start using science to argue for……" — Victor J. Stenger
"When people start using science to argue for their specific beliefs and delusions, to try to claim that they're supported by science, then scientists at least have to speak up and say, You re welcome to your delusions, but don't say that they're supported by science."
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Victor J. Stenger
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28 Quotes by Victor J. Stenger
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Reality is what kicks back when you kick it. This is just what physicists do with their particle accelerators. We…
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People want to be at the center of the Universe...and they're going to flock to anybody who tells them that.
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Assuming the universe came from nothing, it is empty to begin with... Only by the constant action of an agent…
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In fact, current cosmological observations indicate that the average density of matter and energy in the universe is equal, within…
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Nature is capable of building complex structures by processes of self-organization; simplicity begets complexity.
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The problem is that people think faith is something to be admired. In fact, faith means you believe in something…
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Selling eternal life is an unbeatable business, with no customers ever asking for their money back after the goods are…
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Those who use the Bible as a reference for moral behavior are simply cherry-picking those teachings, such as the Golden…
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The so-called mysteries of quantum mechanics are in its philosophical interpretation, not in its mathematics.
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Saying the universe is eternal simply is saying that it has no beginning or end, not that it had a…
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I do not think science has to make any apologies. It looks at the world and tells it like it…
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Thought, without the data on which to structure that thought, leads nowhere.
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