As A Man Believes, So He Will

Tell A Devout Christian That His Wife Is Cheating On Him, Or That Frozen Yogurt Can Make A Man Invisible, And He Is Likely To Require As Much Evidence As Anyone Else, And To Be Persuaded Only To The Extent That You Give It. Tell Him That The Book He Keeps By His Bed Was Written By An Invisible Deity Who Will Punish Him With Fire For Eternity If He Fails To Accept Its Every Incredible Claim About The Universe, And He Seems To Require No Evidence What So Ever.

Islam, At The Moment, Is The Motherlode Of Bad Ideas.

The Difference Between Science And Religion Is The Difference Between A Willingness To Dispassionately Consider New Evidence And New Arguments , And A Passionate Unwillingness To Do So.

Where We Have Reasons For What We Believe, We Have No Need Of Faith; Where We Have No Reasons, We Have Lost Both Our Connection To The World And To One Another.

The Power Of Psychedelics... Is That They Often Reveal, In The Span Of A Few Hours, Depths Of Awe And Understanding That Can Otherwise Elude Us For A Lifetime.