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Rationality Quotes

"The rules of morality are not the conclusions of our reason"

"The first principle is that you must not fool yourself – and you are the easiest person to fool"

"Science is the knowledge of consequences, and dependence of one fact upon another."

"It is human nature to think wisely and act in an absurd fashion"

"By all means let's be open-minded, but not so open-minded that our brains drop out."

"Science replaces private prejudice with publicly verifiable evidence"

"What reason weaves by passion is undone"

"Our emotions have a mind of their own, one which can hold views quite independently of our rational mind."

"By all means let’s be open-minded, but not so open-minded that our brains drop out."

"The trouble about trying to make yourself stupider than you really are is that you very often succeed."

"If you think hundred percent logically, there is really no possibility of life."

"It is absolutely safe to say that if you meet somebody who claims not to believe in evolution, that person is ignorant, stupid or insane (or wicked, but I’d rather not consider that)"

"People almost invariably arrive at their beliefs not on the basis of proof but on the basis of what they find attractive"

"Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence."

"Anything that gives us new knowledge gives us an opportunity to be more rational"

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