#skeptic

The improver of natural knowledge absolutely refuses to acknowledge authority, as such. For him, skepticism is the highest of duties; blind faith the one unpardonable sin. ↗

— Thomas Huxley

#acknowledge #authority #blind #blind faith #duties

I'm skeptical that the novel will be 're-invented.' ↗

— Jeff Bezos

#novel #skeptical #will

The sky is not burning, and to claim that it is amounts to journalistic malpractice... the press only promotes the global warming alarmists and ignores or minimizes those of us who are skeptical. ↗

— Mark L. Campbell

#claim #global #global warming #ignores #journalistic

The logic of validation allows us to move between the two limits of dogmatism and skepticism. ↗

— Paul Ricoeur

#between #dogmatism #limits #logic #move

People have moved beyond apathy, beyond skepticism into deep cynicism. ↗

— Elliot Richardson

#beyond #cynicism #deep #into #moved

The natural cause of the human mind is certainly from credulity to skepticism. ↗

— Thomas Jefferson

#certainly #credulity #human #human mind #mind

Be Skeptical, but learn to listen. ↗

— Miguel Angel Ruiz

#listen #skeptical

Dogmatism and skepticism are both, in a sense, absolute philosophies; one is certain of knowing, the other of not knowing. What philosophy should dissipate is certainty, whether of knowledge or ignorance. ↗

— Bertrand Russell

#both #certain #certainty #dissipate #dogmatism

Skeptical scrutiny is the means, in both science and religion, by which deep thoughts can be winnowed from deep nonsense. ↗

— Carl Sagan

#deep #means #nonsense #religion #science

The skeptical community is absolutely near and dear to the 'Mythbusters' heart and there's no small reason that they've embraced us. That's our people. That's the way we like to think. ↗

— Adam Savage

#community #dear #embraced #heart #like