“It is better and more satisfactory to acquit a thousand guilty persons than to put a single innocent one to death.”–Maimonides

Originally posted on Science-Based Life:
The problem with pseudoscience is that it takes perfectly intelligible terms and theories like “quantum mechanics” and “energy”, and contorts them to a nonsensical framework, thus hiding bogus theories behind a veneer of good science. “Spiritual” Charlatans like Deepak Chopra basically pass off their “revelations about consciousness”  to the public…

Interesting thoughts on obscurantism

“Name me an ethical statement made or an action performed by a believer that could not have been made or performed by a non-believer.”–Christopher Hitchens

“Understanding the often unconscious nature of genetic control is the first step toward understanding that—in many realms, not just sex—we’re all puppets, and our best hope for even partial liberation is to try to decipher the logic of the puppeteer.” ― Robert Wright, The Moral Animal: Why We Are, the Way We Are: The New … More Quote of the Day