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• At the heart of science is an essential tension between two seemingly contradictory attitudes -- an openness to new idea
  o matter how bizarre or counterintuitive they may be, and the most ruthless skeptical scrutiny of all ideas, old and new....
• Fortunately, the responsibility for providing evidence is on the part of the person making the claim, not the critic.
  It is not the responsibility of UFO skeptics to prove that a UFO has never existed, nor is it the responsibility of paranormal-health-claims skeptics to prove that crystals or colored lights never healed anyone....
• Fortunately, the responsibility for providing evidence is on the part of the person making the claim, not the critic.
  It is not the responsibility of UFO skeptics to prove that a UFO has never existed, nor is it the responsibility of paranormal-health-claims skeptics to prove that crystals or colored lights never healed anyone....
• Evolution is as much a fact as the earth turning on its axis and going around the sun.
  At one time this was called the Copernican theory...
• At the heart of science is an essential tension between two seemingly contradictory attitudes -- an openness to new idea
  o matter how bizarre or counterintuitive they may be, and the most ruthless skeptical scrutiny of all ideas, old and new....
• Prevalent beliefs that knowledge can be tapped from previous incarnations or from a "universal mind" (the repository of all past wisdom and creativity) not only are implausible but also unfairly demean the stunning achievements of individual human brains.
  -- Barry L. Beyerstein, "The Brain and Consciousne...
• I maintain there is much more wonder in science than in pseudoscience.
  And in addition, to whatever measure this term has any meaning, science has the additional virtue, and it is not an inconsiderable one, of being true....
• Please, read the Skeptical Inquirer!
• Our journeys to the stars will be made on spaceships created by determined
  hardworking scientists and engineers applying the principles of science, not aboard flying saucers piloted by little gray aliens from some other dimension....