"But because we live in an age of science, we have a preoccupation with corroborating our myths."
― Michael Shermer
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Science
More From Michael Shermer
- "Scientific prayer makes God a celestial lab rat, leading to bad science and worse religion."
- "Religious faith depends on a host of social, psychological and emotional factors that have little or nothing to do with probabilities, evidence and logic."
- "Anecdotal thinking comes naturally; science requires training."
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- "But man has still another powerful resource: natural science with its strictly objective methods."― Ivan Pavlov
- "The dilemma felt by science fiction writers will be perceived in other creative endeavors."― Vernor Vinge
- "What I’m working on now – I’m back to fantasy, although considering that it’s me, I’m turning it into a kind of science fantasy. It’s a vampire story – but my vampires are biological vampires. They didn’t become vampires because someone bit them; they were born that way."― Octavia Butler