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“In the American vernacular, “theory” often means “imperfect fact”–part of a hierarchy of confidence running downhill from fact to theory to hypothesis to guess. Thus the power of the creationist argument: evolution is “only” a theory and intense debate now rages about many aspects of the theory. If evolution is worse than a fact, and [ READ MORE ]
“Mystical explanations are thought to be deep; the truth is that they are not even shallow.” - Friedrich Nietzsche [ READ MORE ]
A man said to the universe: “Sir, I exist! “However,” replied the universe, “The fact has not created in me “A sense of obligation.” - Stephen Crane [ READ MORE ]
You know, give a man a fish and you feed him for a day, teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime? Well, tell a kid something’s irrational and you help him for a day, teach a kid how to think rationally and he’ll teach himself for a lifetime. Jen, Blag Hag [ READ MORE ]
If an elderly but distinguished scientist says that something is possible, he is almost certainly right but if he says that it is impossible, he is very probably wrong. Arthur C. Clarke [ READ MORE ]
The amount of speculation being passed off as facts by ahteists in this blog is truly staggering - Ephemeral Mortal, comment on Ray’s post The Basics of Science at Atheist Central [ READ MORE ]
It’s easy being a God. If you have the right equipment - “Ilium”, Dan Simmons [ READ MORE ]
That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence. - Christopher Hitchens [ READ MORE ]
I entirely reject, as in my judgment quite unnecessary, any subsequent addition ‘of new powers and attributes and forces,’ or of any ‘principle of improvement, except in so far as every character which is naturally selected or preserved is in some way an advantage or improvement, otherwise it would not have been selected. If I [ READ MORE ]
Science is the great antidote to the poison of enthusiasm and superstition. - Adam Smith (1723-90) Scottish economist. The Wealth of Nations, 1776. [ READ MORE ]