You know what they call alternative medicine that’s been proved to work? – Medicine.
TIM MINCHINFaith is the denial of observation so that belief can be preserved.
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Be demonstrative and generous in your praise of those you admire.
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A famous bon mot asserts that opinions are like arse-holes, in that everyone has one.
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A genius is a mentally ill person with an audience
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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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Only a ginger, can call another ginger Ginger.
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It’s an incredibly exciting thing, this one, meaningless life of yours.
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Empathy is intuitive, but it is also something you can work on intellectually.
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I spend so much time hating (my body) but it never says a bad word about me
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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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Science 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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Define yourself by what you love.
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Faith is the denial of observation so that belief can be preserved.
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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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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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