Critical thinking Quotes

"One of the painful signs of years of dumbed-down education is how many people are unable to make a coherent argument. They can vent their emotions, question other people’s motives, make bold assertions, repeat slogans—anything except reason" "Stupidity lies in wanting to draw conclusions" "We have no right to express an opinion until we know all of the answers" "Religion teaches you to be satisfied with non-answers. Science is about the opposite" "The meme for blind faith secures its own perpetuation by the simple unconscious expedient of discouraging rational inquiry" "There is no well-demonstrated reason to believe in God. If you were inculcated with it as a child, you might have a belief that a certain book is true and God's word. Letting go of that is not easy, but you should do it" "Do not indoctrinate your children. Teach them how to think for themselves, how to evaluate evidence, and how to disagree with you" "If everyone is thinking alike, then someone isn't thinking." "I would never die for my beliefs because I might be wrong" "No good decision was ever made in a swivel chair" "By giving our students practice in talking with others, we give them frames for thinking on their own" "You cannot observe people through an ideology. Your ideology observes for you." "The problem with ideologies is that they fail to take into account the inherent complexity of human nature." "The only valid tribute to thought such as Nietzsche's is precisely to use it, to deform it, to make it groan and protest" "By all means let’s be open-minded, but not so open-minded that our brains drop out."