Skeptical scrutiny is the means, in both science and religion, by
which deep insights can be winnowed from deep nonsense.
-- Carl Sagan
which deep insights can be winnowed from deep nonsense.
-- Carl Sagan
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contradictory attitudes -
an openness to new ideas, no matter how bizarre or... - I believe that part of what propels science is the thirst for wonder.
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really good argument;
my position is mistaken,' and then they would actually... - In science it often happens that scientists say, 'You know that's a really
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and exciting,
there would be no room for pseudoscience. But there...
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Babe Didrikson... - Now he has departed from this strange world a little ahead
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That means nothing. People like us, who believe in... - Love to eat them mousies,
Mousies what I love to eat.
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Supervisee: Ah! Well, what do we mean by "to understand"... - COFFEE.COM not found:
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