Michael Shermer Quotes

- Writer | September 8, 1954 -

Scientific prayer makes God a celestial lab rat, leading to bad science and worse religion.

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But there is only one surefire method of proper pattern recognition, and that is science.

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Skepticism is not a position that you stake out ahead of time and stick to no matter what.

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In principle, skeptics are neither closed-minded nor cynical. We are curious but cautious.

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The reason people turn to supernatural explanations is that the mind abhors a vacuum of explanation. Because we do not yet have a fully natural explanation for mind and consciousness, people turn to supernatural explanations to fill the void.

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Being a skeptic just means being rational and empirical: thinking and seeing before believing.

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Ever since college, I have been a libertarian - socially liberal and fiscally conservative. I believe in individual liberty and personal responsibility.

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One, I am skeptical of the effectiveness of nutritional supplements.

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Human history is highly nonlinear and unpredictable.

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No single discovery from any of these fields denotes proof of evolution, but together they reveal that life evolved in a certain sequence by a particular process.

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We know evolution happened because innumerable bits of data from myriad fields of science conjoin to paint a rich portrait of life's pilgrimage.

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When alien abductees recount to me their stories, I do not deny that they had a real experience.

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