“I happen to be Jewish and I believe Israel has the right to exist, but I don’t think that Israel has the right to oppress the Palestinian people the way they have been doing. And I firmly reject the notion that a person who criticizes Israel, criticizes Zionism, is anti-Semitic. I find it bizarre. I’m … More Quote of the Day

“We do not rely solely upon science and reason, because these are necessary rather than sufficient factors, but we distrust anything that contradicts science or outrages reason. We may differ on many things, but what we respect is free inquiry, openmindedness, and the pursuit of ideas for their own sake.”–Christopher Hitchens

“It is not unscientific to make a guess, although many people who are not in science think it is. Some years ago I had a conversation with a layman about flying saucers — because I am scientific I know all about flying saucers! I said ‘I don’t think there are flying saucers.’ So my antagonist … More Quote of the Day

“A guitar twanged from the far-off radio. Country music. Damn. They’d resorted to torture already.” ― Kelley Armstrong, Stolen

“It is not ‘scientism’ to concede the objectivity and precision of good science, any more than it is history worship to concede that Napoleon did once rule in France and the Holocaust actually happened. Those who fear the facts will forever try to discredit the fact-finders.”–Daniel Dennett

“The Enlightenment took aim not at reverence, but at idolatry and superstition; it never believed progress was inevitable, only that it is possible.”—Susan Neiman  http://www.spiked-online.com/spiked-review/article/an-enlightenment-for-grownups#.VwWFXTzbLIV

“You show me a lazy prick who’s lying in bed all day, watching TV, only occasionally getting up to piss, and I’ll show you a guy who’s not causing any trouble.” ― George Carlin

“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