There are children in Africa, starving to death, and you don’t hear them whinging.
TIM MINCHINScience is not a body of knowledge nor a system of belief.
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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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It’s an incredibly exciting thing, this one, meaningless life of yours.
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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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Science is awesome. The arts and sciences need to work together to improve how knowledge is communicated.
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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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A famous bon mot asserts that opinions are like arse-holes, in that everyone has one.
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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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Faith is the denial of observation so that belief can be preserved.
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A genius is a mentally ill person with an audience
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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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Love without evidence is stalking.
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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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Empathy is intuitive, but it is also something you can work on intellectually.
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Define yourself by what you love.
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Be demonstrative and generous in your praise of those you admire.
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