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Quote by Michael Shermer
But because we live in an age of science, we have a preoccupation

But because we live in an age of science, we have a preoccupation with corroborating our myths. – Michael Shermer

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Through no divine design or cosmic plan, we have inherited the mantle of lifes caretaker on the earth, the only home we have ever known. – Michael Shermer

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A fact is a simple statement that everyone believes. It is innocent, unless found guilty. A hypothesis is a novel suggestion that no one wants to believe. It is guilty, until found effective. – Edward Teller

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Science and technology revolutionize our lives, but memory, tradition and myth frame our response. – Arthur M. Schlesinger

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It may be that everything the life science companies are telling us will turn out to be right, and theres no problem here whatsoever. That defies logic. – Jeremy Rifkin

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Though many have tried, no one has ever yet explained away the decisive fact that science, which can do so much, cannot decide what it ought to do. – Joseph Wood Krutch

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