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For solving a surprisingly large and varied number of problems, crowds are smarter than individuals. — Michael Shermer

Anecdotal thinking comes naturally; science requires training. — Michael Shermer

But the power of science lies in open publication, which, with the rise of the Internet, is no longer constrained by the price of paper. — Michael Shermer

Scientific prayer makes God a celestial lab rat, leading to bad science and worse religion. — Michael Shermer

An uncertain and doubting mind leads to fresh world visions and the possibility of new and ever-changing realities. — Michael Shermer

We are a fluke of nature, a quirk of evolution, a glorious contingency. — Michael Shermer

Absolute morality leads logically to absolute intolerance. — Michael Shermer

Accepting evolution does not force us to jettison our morals and ethics, and rejecting evolution does not ensure their constancy. — Michael Shermer

We think of our eyes as video cameras and our brains as blank tapes to be filled with sensory inputs. — Michael Shermer

Tenure in any department is serious business, because it means, essentially, employment for life. — Michael Shermer

Skepticism is not a position; skepticism is an approach to claims, in the same way that science is not a subject but a method. — Michael Shermer

Humans are pattern-seeking story-telling animals, and we are quite adept at telling stories about patterns, whether they exist or not. — Michael Shermer

The belief that all knowledge is culturally determined and therefore lacks certainty is largely the product of an uncertain cultural milieu. — Michael Shermer

But because we live in an age of science, we have a preoccupation with corroborating our myths. — Michael Shermer

Myths are stories that express meaning, morality or motivation. Whether they are true or not is irrelevant. — Michael Shermer

Reality exists independent of human minds, but our understanding of it depends upon the beliefs we hold at any given time. — Michael Shermer

The concept of God is generated by a brain designed by evolution to find design in nature (a very recursive idea). — Michael Shermer

Because of the complexity of the problem, environmental skepticism was once tenable. No longer. It is time to flip from skepticism to activism. — Michael Shermer

Through no divine design or cosmic plan, we have inherited the mantle of life's caretaker on the earth, the only home we have ever known. — Michael Shermer

People believe in God because we are pattern-seeking, storytelling, mythmaking, religious, moral animals. — Michael Shermer

Mammals are sentient beings that want to live and are afraid to die. Evolution vouchsafed us all with an instinct to survive, reproduce and flourish. — Michael Shermer

We know evolution happened because innumerable bits of data from myriad fields of science conjoin to paint a rich portrait of life's pilgrimage. — Michael Shermer

Smart people believe weird things because they are skilled at defending beliefs they arrived at for non-smart reasons. — Michael Shermer

In principle, skeptics are neither closed-minded nor cynical. We are curious but cautious. — Michael Shermer

We do not just blindly concede control to authorities; instead we follow the cues provided by our moral communities on how best to behave. — Michael Shermer

Being a skeptic just means being rational and empirical: thinking and seeing before believing. — Michael Shermer

Skepticism is not a position; it's a process. — Michael Shermer

Either the soul survives death or it does not, and there is no scientific evidence that it does. — Michael Shermer

Machine intelligence of a human nature could be a century away, and immortality is at least a millennium away, if not unattainable altogether. — Michael Shermer

I'm a skeptic not because I do not want to believe, but because I want to know. — Michael Shermer

There is no such thing as the supernatural or the paranormal. There is only the natural, the normal, and mysteries we have yet to explain. — Michael Shermer

Providentially, learned habits can be unlearned, especially in the context of moral groups. — Michael Shermer

To be a fully functioning moral agent, one cannot passively accept moral principles handed down by fiat. Moral principles require moral reasoning. — Michael Shermer

When alien abductees recount to me their stories, I do not deny that they had a real experience. — Michael Shermer

But there is only one surefire method of proper pattern recognition, and that is science. — Michael Shermer

In science, if an idea is not falsifiable, it is not that it is wrong, it is that we cannot determine if it is wrong, and thus it is not even wrong. — Michael Shermer

The reason is that in a group, individual errors on either side of the true figure cancel each other out. — Michael Shermer

The principal barrier to a general acceptance of the monist position is that it is counterintuitive. — Michael Shermer

Remember always that we are pattern-seeking primates who are especially adept at finding patterns with emotional meaning. — Michael Shermer

Human history is highly nonlinear and unpredictable. — Michael Shermer

I care what is actually true, even more than what I hope is true. — Michael Shermer

Skepticism is not a position that you stake out ahead of time and stick to no matter what. — Michael Shermer

I just witnessed an event so mysterious that it shook my skepticism. — Michael Shermer

False belief that morality can have a unique and objective state - to — Michael Shermer

The fate of the paranormal is to become the normal as our horizons of understanding expand. — Michael Shermer

In the long run, it is better to understand the way the world really is rather than how we would like it to be. — Michael Shermer

Rationality tied to moral decency is the most powerful joint instrument for good that our planet has ever known. — Michael Shermer

The "hypocrite" is the critic who disguises his own failings by focusing attention on the failings of others. — Michael Shermer

Conspiracies are a perennial favorite for television producers because there is always a receptive audience. — Michael Shermer

Dualists hold that body and soul are separate entities and that the soul will continue beyond the existence of the physical body. — Michael Shermer

There is a significant difference between having no belief in a God and believing there is no God ... — Michael Shermer

Flawed as they may be, science and the secular Enlightenment values expressed in Western democracies are our best hope for survival. — Michael Shermer

Science is not a thing. It's a verb. It's a way of thinking about things. It's a way of looking for natural explanations for all phenomena. — Michael Shermer

The whole point of faith, in fact, is to believe regardless of the evidence, which is the very antithesis of science. — Michael Shermer

Skeptics question the validity of a particular claim by calling for evidence to prove or disprove it. — Michael Shermer

'Are science and religion compatible?' It's like [asking]: 'Are science and plumbing compatible?' They're just two different things. — Michael Shermer

One, I am skeptical of the effectiveness of nutritional supplements. — Michael Shermer