15 Quotes by Steven Novella

History is strewn with ideas that were intuitive and made sense at the time, but were also hopelessly wrong.

Anecdotes generate questions, not answers.

The work of a science blogger is largely comprised of correcting and criticizing bad science news reporting.

Ignorance is a low-energy state. It takes constant vigilance and work to climb out of it.

Don’t panic. This whole notion of thinking for yourself and questioning everything is actually quite fun and empowering. We can do this together.

The human mind is like a sailboat on a sea with strong currents and a steady wind. We tend to just follow the currents of our biases and can easily be manipulated and blown about.