27 Quotes by Massimo Pigliucci

…the boundaries separating science, nonscience, and pseudoscience are much fuzzier and more permeable than Popper (or, for that matter, most scientists) would have us believe. There is, in other words, no litmus test.

Мы должны сосредоточиться не на ограничениях, а на своих возможностях. Для этого необходимо приобрести некоторые навыки, например смотреть на все через призму своих способностей. Каждый человек должен быть сосредоточен на том, что он может сделать, а не на том, чего не может. Вместо того чтобы говорить «У меня ничего не получится», необходимо говорить: «Я могу это сделать таким-то образом».

One of the first lessons from Stoicism, then, is to focus our attention and efforts where we have the most power and then let the universe run as it will. This will save us both a lot of energy and a lot of worry. Another.

The downside of skepticism: it can easily turn into an arrogant position of a priori rejection of any new phenomenon or idea, a position that is as lacking in critical thinking as the one of the true believer, and that simply does not help either science or the public at large.

Better to endure pain in an honorable manner than to seek joy in a shameful one.

Shaping your character is ultimately the only thing under your control.

Now here are three stages of wisdom: the unwise person blames other people for what are, in the end, her own judgments about things; the person who is making progress does not blame others, but only herself; the wise person does not blame even herself.

The ancient Epicureans observed that, since we are all made of particles and we observe no sentience after death, fear-based religion is unnecessary and people should focus on living well. After we die, the particles in our bodies return to nature and are recycled into other bodies. There are important ethical repercussions once we accept that we get only one life.

Touch everything lightly, enjoy it while it is within your reach, and do not regret it when it is gone, since that is the nature of things.