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The fate of the paranormal is to become the normal as our horizons of understanding expand.


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Science is not a thing. It's a verb. It's a way of thinking about things. It's a way of looking for natural explanations for all phenomena.



The recent medical controversy over whether vaccinations cause autism reveals a habit of human cognition — thinking anecdotally comes naturally, whereas thinking scientifically does not.

The recent medical controversy over whether vaccinations cause autism reveals a habit of human cognition — thinking anecdotally comes naturally, whereas thinking scientifically does not.



Smart people believe weird things because they are skilled at defending beliefs they arrived at for non-smart reasons.

Smart people believe weird things because they are skilled at defending beliefs they arrived at for non-smart reasons.



I’m a skeptic not because I do not want to believe, but because I want to know. How can we tell the difference between what we would like to be true and what is actually true? The answer is science.

I’m a skeptic not because I do not want to believe, but because I want to know. How can we tell the difference between what we would like to be true and what is actually true? The answer is science.



Religious faith depends on a host of social, psychological and emotional factors that have little or nothing to do with probabilities, evidence and logic.

Religious faith depends on a host of social, psychological and emotional factors that have little or nothing to do with probabilities, evidence and logic.



Humans are, by nature, pattern-seeking, storytelling animals, and we are quite adept at telling stories about patterns whether they exist or not.

Humans are, by nature, pattern-seeking, storytelling animals, and we are quite adept at telling stories about patterns whether they exist or not.



But the power of science lies in open publication, which, with the rise of the Internet, is no longer constrained by the price of paper.

But the power of science lies in open publication, which, with the rise of the Internet, is no longer constrained by the price of paper.



I’m a skeptic not because I do not want to believe, but because I want to know.

I’m a skeptic not because I do not want to believe, but because I want to know.



In comparison, Google is brilliant because it uses an algorithm that ranks Web pages by the number of links to them, with those links themselves valued by the number of links to their page of origin.

In comparison, Google is brilliant because it uses an algorithm that ranks Web pages by the number of links to them, with those links themselves valued by the number of links to their page of origin.



Either the soul survives death or it does not, and there is no scientific evidence that it does.

Either the soul survives death or it does not, and there is no scientific evidence that it does.





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