The dumbing down of America is evident in the slow decay of substantive content, a kind of celebration of ignorance.
The fact is that far more crime and child abuse has been committed by zealots in the name of God, Jesus and Mohammed than has ever been committed in the name of Satan. Many people don’t like that statement, but few can argue with it.
Where we have strong emotions, we're liable to fool ourselves.
It is far better to grasp the universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.
When you realize that no one really knows what they are doing and that everyone is doing the best they can according to their own level of consciousness, life gets a lot easier. Skeptical scrutiny is the means, in both science and religion, by which deep thoughts can be winnowed from deep nonsense.
Every star may be a sun to someone.
You have to know the past to understand the present.
Our passion for learning ... is our tool for survival.
History is full of people who out of fear, or ignorance, or lust for power has destroyed knowledge of immeasurable value which truly belongs to us all. We must not let it happen again.
We began as wanderers, and we are wanderers still.
We live on a hunk of rock and metal that circles a humdrum star that is one of 400 billion other stars that make up the Milky Way Galaxy which is one of billions of other galaxies which make up a universe which may be one of a very large number, perhaps an infinite number, of other universes. That is a perspective on human life and our culture that is well worth pondering.
The universe is a pretty big place. If it's just us, seems like an awful waste of space.
Better the hard truth, I say, than the comforting fantasy.
Finding the occasional straw of truth awash in a great ocean of confusion and bamboozle requires intelligence, vigilance, dedication, and courage. But if we don't practice these tough habits of thought, we cannot hope to solve the truly serious problems that face us --- and we risk becoming a nation of suckers, up for grabs by the next charlatan who comes along.
Science is not only compatible with spirituality; it is a profound source of spirituality.
Extraordinary claims demand extraordinary evidence
Who are we, if not measured by our impact on others?
I promise to question everything my leaders tell me. I promise to use my critical faculties. I promise to develop my independence of thought. I promise to educate myself so I can make my own judgments.
An atheist is someone who is certain that God does not exist, someone who has compelling evidence against the existence of God. I know of no such compelling evidence. Because God can be relegated to remote times and places and to ultimate causes, we would have to know a great deal more about the universe than we do now to be sure that no such God exists. To be certain of the existence of God and to be certain of the nonexistence of God seem to me to be the confident extremes in a subject so riddled with doubt and uncertainty as to inspire very little confidence indeed.
Be grateful everyday for the brief but magnificent opportunity that life provides.
I don't want to believe. I want to know.
we make our world significant by the courage of our questions and the depth of our answers
Knowing a great deal is not the same as being smart; intelligence is not information alone but also judgement, the manner in which information is coordinated and used.
To live in the hearts of others is to never die in those we leave behind.
One of the great commandments of science is: 'Mistrust arguments from authority.'
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