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The Theory of Evolution has more holes in it than a dam made out of Swiss cheese. ↗

— Eoin Colfer

#eoin-colfer #evolution #science #science

A cannonball travels only two thousand miles an hour; light travels two hundred thousand miles a second. Such is the superiority of Jesus Christ over Napoleon. ↗

— Victor Hugo

#god #les-miserables #napoleon #science-fiction #science

There is no end To what a living world Will demand of you. ↗

— Octavia E. Butler

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Skepticism is the agent of reason against organized irrationalism--and is therefore one of the keys to human social and civic decency. ↗

— Stephen Jay Gould

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It is interesting to note how many of the great scientific discoveries begin as myths. ↗

— Rollo May

#myth #science #science

I walked into adventure and adventure has given me blisters. ↗

— Andrea K. Höst

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The stage lost a fine actor, even as science lost an acute reasoner, when [Holmes] became a specialist in crime. ↗

— Arthur Conan Doyle

#crime #stage #science

Some string theorists prefer to believe that string theory is too arcane to be understood by human beings, rather than consider the possibility that it might just be wrong. ↗

— Lee Smolin

#string-theory #wrong #science

Regardless of one's point of view, it's quite easy to see that Darwinism is not in the same league as the hard sciences. For instance, Darwinists will often compare their theory favorably to Einsteinian physics, claiming that Darwinism is just as well established as general relativity. Yet how many physicists, while arguing for the truth of Einsteinian physics, will claim that general relativity is as well established as Darwin’s theory? Zero. ↗

— William A. Dembski

#einstein #evolution #general-relativity #hard-science #macro-evolution

He felt a psychosomatic rush of emptiness before he spoke. “Since we are getting to the real point, I am not stupid John. And it would be foolish to think me ignorant. Isn’t this about the Science Nation interview? Isn’t this because I mistakenly used the word “soul?” Isn’t this about you and the others thinking somewhere along the lines, I had gained an imaginary soul? We all know when you gain a soul, you lose a mind. Don’t we john?” John hesitated briefly staring at Roma. “I believe so yes. Souls are luxuries for speculative minds. Real scientists can’t afford such luxuries. They have the world to save.” Roma narrowed his eyes. “Or destroy. ↗

— Dew Platt

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