The laboratory evidence that carbohydrate-rich diets can cause the body to reain water and so raise blood pressure, just as salt consumption is supposed to do, dates back well over a century
Gary TaubesStichwörter: science health salt hypertension lowcarb sodium
Science is a bit like the joke about the drunk who is looking under a lamppost for a key that he has lost on the other side of the street, because that's where the light is. It has no other choice.
Noam ChomskyStichwörter: science
It would be better for us to have some doubts in an honest pursuit of truth, than it would be for us to be certain about something that was not true.
Daniel WallaceStichwörter: science skepticism
See now the power of truth; the same experiment which at first glance seemed to show one thing, when more carefully examined, assures us of the contrary.
Galileo GalileiStichwörter: science truth examine experiment
What we call rational grounds for our beliefs are often extremely irrational attempts to justify our instincts.
Thomas Henry HuxleyStichwörter: science belief religion faith skepticism
The limit of man s knowledge in any subject possesses a high interest which is perhaps increased by its close neighbourhood to the realms of imagination.
Charles DarwinStichwörter: science religion skepticism
All the tales of miracles, with which the Old and New Testament are filled, are fit only for impostors to preach and fools to believe.
Thomas PaineStichwörter: science christianity religion skepticism the-bible
It's natural to think that living things must be the handiwork of a designer. But it was also natural to think that the sun went around the earth. Overcoming naive impressions to figure out how things really work is one of humanity's highest callings.
[Can You Believe in God and Evolution? Time Magazine, August 7, 2005]
Stichwörter: science natural intuition superstition skepticism design evidence
Reality provides us with facts so romantic that imagination itself could add nothing to them.
Jules VerneStichwörter: science religion skepticism
Every aspect of Nature reveals a deep mystery and touches our sense of wonder and awe. Those afraid of the universe as it really is, those who pretend to nonexistent knowledge and envision a Cosmos centered on human beings will prefer the fleeting comforts of superstition. They avoid rather than confront the world. But those with the courage to explore the weave and structure of the Cosmos, even where it differs profoundly from their wishes and prejudices, will penetrate its deepest mysteries.
Carl SaganStichwörter: science religion skepticism
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