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Michael Shermer Quote: “Man is, in short, ‘perfectible’ – meaning continually improvable rather than capable of actually reaching absolute perfection.”

101. “Man is, in short, ‘perfectible’ – meaning continually improvable rather than capable of actually reaching absolute perfection.”

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Michael Shermer Quote: “And it wasn’t just astrology. “Religion, astrology and magic all purported to help men with their daily problems by teaching them how to avoid misfortune and how to account for it when it struck.” With such sweeping power over people, Thomas concludes, “If magic is to be defined as the employment of ineffective techniques to allay anxiety when effective ones are not available, then we must recognize that no society will ever be free from it.”

102. “And it wasn’t just astrology. “Religion, astrology and magic all purported to help men with their daily problems by teaching them how to avoid misfortune and how to account for it when it struck.” With such sweeping power over people, Thomas concludes, “If magic is to be defined as the employment of ineffective techniques to allay anxiety when effective ones are not available, then we must recognize that no society will ever be free from it.”

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

103. “But because we live in an age of science, we have a preoccupation with corroborating our myths.”

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Michael Shermer Quote: “Machine intelligence of a human nature could be a century away, and immortality is at least a millennium away, if not unattainable altogether.”

104. “Machine intelligence of a human nature could be a century away, and immortality is at least a millennium away, if not unattainable altogether.”

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Michael Shermer Quote: “Computer scientists calculate that there have been thirty-two doublings since World War II, and that as early as 2030 we may encounter the singularity – the point at which total computational power will rise to levels that are so far beyond anything we can imagine that they will appear nearly infinite and thus, relatively speaking, be indistinguishable from omniscience.”

105. “Computer scientists calculate that there have been thirty-two doublings since World War II, and that as early as 2030 we may encounter the singularity – the point at which total computational power will rise to levels that are so far beyond anything we can imagine that they will appear nearly infinite and thus, relatively speaking, be indistinguishable from omniscience.”

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Michael Shermer Quote: “For solving a surprisingly large and varied number of problems, crowds are smarter than individuals.”

106. “For solving a surprisingly large and varied number of problems, crowds are smarter than individuals.”

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Michael Shermer Quote: “Providentially, learned habits can be unlearned, especially in the context of moral groups.”

107. “Providentially, learned habits can be unlearned, especially in the context of moral groups.”

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Michael Shermer Quote: “Science, the partisan of no country, but the beneficent patroness of all, has liberally opened a temple where all may meet. Her influence on the mind, like the sun on the chilled earth, has long been preparing it for higher cultivation and further improvement. The philosopher of one country sees not an enemy in the philosophy of another: he takes his seat in the temple of science, and asks not who sits beside him. – Thomas Paine, 1778.”

108. “Science, the partisan of no country, but the beneficent patroness of all, has liberally opened a temple where all may meet. Her influence on the mind, like the sun on the chilled earth, has long been preparing it for higher cultivation and further improvement. The philosopher of one country sees not an enemy in the philosophy of another: he takes his seat in the temple of science, and asks not who sits beside him. – Thomas Paine, 1778.”

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Michael Shermer Quote: “I just witnessed an event so mysterious that it shook my skepticism.”

109. “I just witnessed an event so mysterious that it shook my skepticism.”

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Michael Shermer Quote: “Plato wove historical fact into literary myth.”

110. “Plato wove historical fact into literary myth.”

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Michael Shermer Quote: “The components of a philosophy must stand or fall on their own internal consistency or empirical support, regardless of the founder’s or followers’ personality quirks or moral inconsistencies.”

111. “The components of a philosophy must stand or fall on their own internal consistency or empirical support, regardless of the founder’s or followers’ personality quirks or moral inconsistencies.”

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Michael Shermer Quote: “Any preference for my group’s interests over yours must be justified by some unbiased, disinterested ethic. Which sounds simple but, given that we’re dealing with Humans and not Vulcans, it’s sometimes difficult for two parties to agree on basic principles, specially parties who are unable or unwilling to switch points of view. This is the power of ethical reasoning.”

112. “Any preference for my group’s interests over yours must be justified by some unbiased, disinterested ethic. Which sounds simple but, given that we’re dealing with Humans and not Vulcans, it’s sometimes difficult for two parties to agree on basic principles, specially parties who are unable or unwilling to switch points of view. This is the power of ethical reasoning.”

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Michael Shermer Quote: “In the end, then, suffrage for women came down to the vote of one young man, influenced by his mom. It was rumored that “the anti-suffragists were so angry at his decision that they chased him from the chamber, forced him to climb out a window of the Capitol and inch along a ledge to safety.”15 Thus suffrage arrived in the United States, kicking and screaming.”

113. “In the end, then, suffrage for women came down to the vote of one young man, influenced by his mom. It was rumored that “the anti-suffragists were so angry at his decision that they chased him from the chamber, forced him to climb out a window of the Capitol and inch along a ledge to safety.”15 Thus suffrage arrived in the United States, kicking and screaming.”

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Michael Shermer Quote: “My thesis is that morality exists outside the human mind in the sense of being not just a trait of individual humans, but a human trait; that is, a human universal.”

114. “My thesis is that morality exists outside the human mind in the sense of being not just a trait of individual humans, but a human trait; that is, a human universal.”

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Michael Shermer Quote: “Our greater capacity for learning is often offset by our greater capacity for magical thinking.”

115. “Our greater capacity for learning is often offset by our greater capacity for magical thinking.”

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Michael Shermer Quote: “This fact provides a rebuttal to the argument “What if a young woman aborts a baby who would have gone on to become a doctor and find the cure for cancer?” A rejoinder is, “What if a young woman who would have gone on to become a doctor and find the cure for cancer dies in childbirth?”

116. “This fact provides a rebuttal to the argument “What if a young woman aborts a baby who would have gone on to become a doctor and find the cure for cancer?” A rejoinder is, “What if a young woman who would have gone on to become a doctor and find the cure for cancer dies in childbirth?”

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Michael Shermer Quote: “Cities, Barber notes, “collect garbage and collect art rather than collecting votes or collecting allies. They put up buildings and run buses rather than putting up flags and running political parties. They secure the flow of water rather than the flow of arms. They foster education and culture in place of national defense and patriotism. They promote collaboration, not exceptionalism.”24.”

117. “Cities, Barber notes, “collect garbage and collect art rather than collecting votes or collecting allies. They put up buildings and run buses rather than putting up flags and running political parties. They secure the flow of water rather than the flow of arms. They foster education and culture in place of national defense and patriotism. They promote collaboration, not exceptionalism.”24.”

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Michael Shermer Quote: “Convergent evidence indicates that non-human animals have the neuroanatomical, neurochemical, and neurophysiological substrates of conscious states along with the capacity to exhibit intentional behaviors. Consequently, the weight of evidence indicates that humans are not unique in possessing the neurological substrates that generate consciousness.”4.”

118. “Convergent evidence indicates that non-human animals have the neuroanatomical, neurochemical, and neurophysiological substrates of conscious states along with the capacity to exhibit intentional behaviors. Consequently, the weight of evidence indicates that humans are not unique in possessing the neurological substrates that generate consciousness.”4.”

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Michael Shermer Quote: “Most conservatives today are more liberal than most liberals were in the 1950s.”

119. “Most conservatives today are more liberal than most liberals were in the 1950s.”

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Michael Shermer Quote: “Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection. The mystic chords of memory, stretching from every battlefield and patriot grave to every living heart and hearthstone all over this broad land, will yet swell the chorus of the Union, when again touched, as surely they will be, by the better angels of our nature.”22.”

120. “Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection. The mystic chords of memory, stretching from every battlefield and patriot grave to every living heart and hearthstone all over this broad land, will yet swell the chorus of the Union, when again touched, as surely they will be, by the better angels of our nature.”22.”

— Michael Shermer

Michael Shermer Quote: “I mean if those moral principles are out there and God is just telling us what it is, then why do we need the middleman? Just tell us the reasons why it’s wrong and okay. And if it’s just because God said it what if he didn’t say murder was wrong, would that make it right? No, it would still be wrong.”

121. “I mean if those moral principles are out there and God is just telling us what it is, then why do we need the middleman? Just tell us the reasons why it’s wrong and okay. And if it’s just because God said it what if he didn’t say murder was wrong, would that make it right? No, it would still be wrong.”

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Michael Shermer Quote: “The ultimate problem of utopian logic begins with a utilitarian calculus in which everyone will live in perfect harmony once we get rid of any dissenters who don’t see as clearly as the collective.”

122. “The ultimate problem of utopian logic begins with a utilitarian calculus in which everyone will live in perfect harmony once we get rid of any dissenters who don’t see as clearly as the collective.”

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