Michael Shermer quotes - page 4

The fate of the paranormal is to become the normal as our horizons of understanding expand. (Michael Shermer)
Rationality tied to moral decency is the most powerful joint instrument for good that our planet has ever known. View quote
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Perceiving the world as well designed and thus the product of a designer, and even seeing divine providence in the daily affairs of life, may be the product of a brain adapted to finding patterns in nature. (38) View quote
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The concept of God is generated by a brain designed by evolution to find design in nature (a very recursive idea). View quote
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Intelligent Design is a remarkably uncreative theory that abandons the search for understanding at the very point where it is most needed. If Intelligent Design is really a science, then the burden is on its scientists to discover the mechanisms used by the Intelligent Designer. (80) View quote
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Because of the complexity of the problem, environmental skepticism was once tenable. No longer. It is time to flip from skepticism to activism. View quote
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Absolute morality leads logically to absolute intolerance. Once you believe that you have the absolute and final answers to moral questions, why be tolerant of those who refuse to accept your Truth? Religiously based moral systems apply this principle in spades. View quote
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