The existence of a higher power with any consciousness or interest in the human race or ability to punish or reward humans for their moral choices or that there is any reason other than fear to believe in any version of an afterlife, I will give you my piano, one of my legs and my wife.
TIM MINCHINThroughout history, every mystery ever solved has turned out to be NOT magic.
More Tim Minchin Quotes
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Science adjusts its views based on what’s observed.
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Who’s the world going to revolve around now?
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There is great wisdom in this… but I would add that opinions differ significantly from arse-holes, in that yours should be constantly and thoroughly examined.
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We must think critically, and not just about the ideas of others. Be hard on your beliefs.
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Only a ginger, can call another ginger Ginger.
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Respect people with less power then you. I don’t care if you’re the most powerful cat in the room,
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Throughout history, every mystery ever solved has turned out to be NOT magic.
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Take them out onto the verandah and beat them with a cricket bat…. Be intellectually rigorous. Identify your biases, your prejudices, your privilege.
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Science is not a body of knowledge nor a system of belief.
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Please don’t make the mistake of thinking that the arts and sciences are at odds with one another. That is a recent, stupid and damaging idea.
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Isn’t this enough? Just this world? Just this beautiful, complex wonderfully unfathomable world?
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Send thank-you cards and give standing ovations. Be pro-stuff, not just anti-stuff.
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A famous bon mot asserts that opinions are like arse-holes, in that everyone has one.
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How does it so fail to hold our attention that we have to diminish it with the invention of cheap, man-made myths and monsters?
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Science is not a body of knowledge or a belief system, it is just a term that describes humankind’s incremental acquisition of understanding through observation.
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