Science is not a body of knowledge nor a system of belief.
TIM MINCHINRespect people with less power then you. I don’t care if you’re the most powerful cat in the room,
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I will judge you on how you treat the least powerful. So there.
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If anyone can show me … that there is any reason – other than fear – to believe in any version of an afterlife, I’ll give you my piano, one of my legs, and my wife.
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It is just a term which describes humankind’s incremental acquisition of understanding through observation. Science is awesome.
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We have tendency to define ourselves in opposition to stuff. But try to also express your passion for things you love.
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Define yourself by what you love.
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To dream of the person you would like to be is to waste the person you are.
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If anyone can show me one example in the history of the world of a single spiritual person who has been able to show either empirically or logicall.
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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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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.
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There are children in Africa, starving to death, and you don’t hear them whinging.
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Science adjusts its views based on what’s observed.
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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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A famous bon mot asserts that opinions are like arse-holes, in that everyone has one.
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Science is awesome. The arts and sciences need to work together to improve how knowledge is communicated.
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A genius is a mentally ill person with an audience
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