#skeptic

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[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.


Pierre-Simon Laplace


#science #skepticism #religion

Are you really surprised by the endurance of religion? What ideology is likely to be more durable than one that conforms, at every turn, to our powers of wishful thinking? Hope is easy; knowledge is hard. Science is the one domain in which we human beings make a truly heroic effort to counter our innate biases and wishful thinking. Science is the one endeavor in which we have developed a refined methodology for separating what a person hopes is true from what he has good reason to believe. The methodology isn't perfect, and the history of science is riddled with abject failures of scientific objectivity. But that is just the point-these have been failures of science, discovered and corrected by-what, religion? No, by good science.


Sam Harris


#science #skepticism #religion

Racism is not merely a simplistic hatred. It is, more often, broad sympathy toward some and broader skepticism toward others...


Ta-Nehisi Coates


#empathy #empathy-diversity #empathy-psychology #prejudice #racism

Suicide, moreover, was at the time in vogue in Paris: what more suitable key to the mystery of life for a skeptical society?


Honore de Balzac


#life #more #moreover #mystery #paris

There are those who believe we have need of more literature, of a large international publishing house, of a great peace newspaper, or the like. I am rather skeptical about this idea.


Fredrik Bajer


#am #believe #great #house #i

The capacity to combine commitment with skepticism is essential to democracy.


Mary Catherine Bateson


#combine #commitment #democracy #essential #skepticism

Imagine if it happened to you: All of a sudden you find this thing on your wrist and people are telling you it has powers. I would be a little skeptical myself.


Yancy Butler


#happened #i #imagine #little #myself

A majority of American citizens are now becoming skeptical of the claim that our carbon footprints, resulting from our use of fossil fuels, are going to lead to climatic calamities. But governments are not yet listening to the citizens.


John Coleman


#american citizens #becoming #calamities #carbon #citizens

I think whenever you see what may be the seeds of a third party, you need to be very skeptical because there's not a very good track record for third parties.


Candy Crowley


#good #i #i think #may #need

I am approached with the most opposite opinions and advice, and that by religious men, who are equally certain that they represent the Divine will. I am sure that either the one or the other is mistaken in that belief, and perhaps in some respects both. I hope it will not be irreverent for me to say that if it is probable that God would reveal his will to others, on a point so connected with my duty, it might be supposed he would reveal it directly to me; for, unless I am more deceived in myself than I often am, it is my earnest desire to know the will of Providence in this matter. And if I can learn what it is, I will do it! These are not, however, the days of miracles, and I suppose it will be granted that I am not to expect a direct revelation. I must study the plain, physical facts of the case, ascertain what is possible and learn what appears to be wise and right.


Abraham Lincoln


#skepticism #equality