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Skeptical scrutiny is the means, in both science and religion, by which deep thoughts can be winnowed from deep nonsense.
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I am often amazed at how much more capability and enthusiasm for science there is among elementary school youngsters than among college students.
Skeptical scrutiny is the means, in both science and religion, by which deep thoughts can be winnowed from deep nonsense.
All of the books in the world contain no more information than is broadcast as video in a single large American city in a single year. Not all bits have equal value.
We've arranged a civilization in which most crucial elements profoundly depend on science and technology.
Science is a way of thinking much more than it is a body of knowledge.
We have also arranged things so that almost no one understands science and technology. This is a prescription for disaster. We might get away with it for a while, but sooner or later this combustible mixture of ignorance and power is going to blow up in our faces.
For small creatures such as we the vastness is bearable only through love.
A celibate clergy is an especially good idea, because it tends to suppress any hereditary propensity toward fanaticism.
We live in a society exquisitely dependent on science and technology, in which hardly anyone knows anything about science and technology.
Skeptical scrutiny is the means, in both science and religion, by which deep thoughts can be winnowed from deep nonsense.
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