The truth may be puzzling. It may take some work to grapple with. It may be counterintuitive. It may contradict deeply held prejudices. It may not be consonant with what we desperately want to be true. But our preferences do not determine what's true.
Carl SaganTag: truth skepticism
Who is more humble? The scientist who looks at the universe with an open mind and accepts whatever the universe has to teach us, or somebody who says everything in this book must be considered the literal truth and never mind the fallibility of all the human beings involved?
Carl SaganTag: science truth humility skepticism agnosticism
Observation: I can't see a thing. Conclusion: Dinosaurs.
Carl SaganTag: humor skepticism sagan
The fear of God is not the beginning of wisdom. The fear of God is the death of wisdom. Skepticism and doubt lead to study and investigation, and investigation is the beginning of wisdom.
Clarence DarrowTag: fear wisdom doubt investigation skepticism
[Sire,] je n'ai pas eu besoin de cette hypothèse."
En répondant Napoléon qui lui demanda pourquoi sa théorie de l'univers ne indique pas Dieux.
Tag: science religion skepticism
La pensée ne doit jamais se soumettre, ni à un dogme, ni à un parti, ni à une passion, ni à un intérêt, ni à une idée préconçue, ni à quoi que ce soit, si ce n'est aux faits eux-mêmes, parce que, pour elle, se soumettre, ce serait cesser d'être.
Jules Henri PoincaréTag: science religion skepticism
Tell a devout Christian that his wife is cheating on him, or that frozen yogurt can make a man invisible, and he is likely to require as much evidence as anyone else, and to be persuaded only to the extent that you give it. Tell him that the book he keeps by his bed was written by an invisible deity who will punish him with fire for eternity if he fails to accept its every incredible claim about the universe, and he seems to require no evidence what so ever.
Sam HarrisTag: reason skepticism evidence devout-christian
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 WallaceTag: science skepticism
I have always strenuously supported the right of every man to his own opinion, however different that opinion might be to mine. He who denies to another this right, makes a slave of himself to his present opinion, because he precludes himself the right of changing it.
Thomas PaineTag: christianity religion skepticism
What we call rational grounds for our beliefs are often extremely irrational attempts to justify our instincts.
Thomas Henry HuxleyTag: science belief religion faith skepticism
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