4 Quotes by Paul Anlee

I learned long ago that appealing to rational assessments of the available evidence is useless when trying to convert a person of Faith.

Is science just another belief system in an essentially subjective universe? I think that is the essence of the question. Certainly it is a kind of belief system, a belief that the universe is real, that it works through definable and reliable laws of nature, and that these physical laws can be shown through data. We might call this belief system empirical physicalism.

It’s like we’re wired to trust people who express great confidence in their ideas.

We no longer need the idea of a God or gods to choose good behaviors. “I believe that it is time for humanity to grow up, to claim its adulthood, and to begin taking conscious responsibility for its future development.