Wed 14 Aug 2013
Think for yourself
Posted by PJ under quote of the day, science, skepticism
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Random quote of the day:
“Skepticism has made no actual contribution to science, just as music reviews in the newspaper make no contribution to the art of composition and book reviewing falls far short of writing books. Because it rides on science’s coattails, skepticism lays claim to defeating all manner of fallacies and ignorance when it has done no such thing. Skeptics have not contributed to theories of mathematics or logic in any substantial way, and the chief victory of skepticism—to discredit religious thinking as opposed to scientific thinking—is a battle long ago won.”
—Deepak Chopra, “Gadflies Without a Sting: The Downside of Skepticism,†The Huffington Post, October 10, 2005
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