115 Quotes About Rationalism
- Author Eliezer Yudkowsky
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Doing worse with more knowledge means you are doing something very wrong.
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- Author Abhijit Naskar
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Nobody has it all figured out, not even me - anybody who thinks otherwise, is an idiot.
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- Author Abhijit Naskar
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Love gives life, so should faith.
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- Author Eric Bronson
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Racism watching is a puzzle solving activity and often involves debunking pseudo-science. The investigator must try to figure out what makes people believe in weird ideas. As Stieg said in an interview, ‘Fifty years later, people still believe in this; the whole Neo-Nazi movement. There is absolutely no sense in this. They do it contrary to everything science tells us. Contrary to human goodness or altruism, contrary to rational thinking. And this is fascinating, why?
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- Author Terry Pratchett
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How can anyone trust scientists? If new evidence comes along, they change their minds.
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- Author Pierre Laplace
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What we know here is very little, but what we are ignorant of is immense.
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- Author Abhijit Naskar
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There's a difference between an open mind and an empty head.
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- Author Abhijit Naskar
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There is an inexplicable sense of relief in being proven wrong, which perhaps can only be realized by either a scientist or a philosopher.
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- Author Abhijit Naskar
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Without the human my friend, truth has no value whatsoever. So, do not be blinded by the false glory of truth, but be conscientious enough to utilize that truth in a humane fashion in the human society. Truth not brought to the service of humanity, is a truth of no value.
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