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.
TIM MINCHINWe must think critically, and not just about the ideas of others. Be hard on your beliefs.
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Throughout history, every mystery ever solved has turned out to be NOT magic.
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You don’t have to be unscientific to make beautiful art or to write beautiful things…
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Faith 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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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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Empathy is intuitive, but it is also something you can work on intellectually.
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The day they discover yoga mats are carcinogenic will be the happiest day of my life.
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You know what they call alternative medicine that’s been proved to work? – Medicine.
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It’s the fine balance of caffeine and alcohol that bookends my days
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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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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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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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Send thank-you cards and give standing ovations. Be pro-stuff, not just anti-stuff.
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Who’s the world going to revolve around now?
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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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