But there is only one surefire method of proper pattern recognition, and that is science.

Science is not a thing. It's a verb. It's a way of thinking about things. It's a way of looking for natural explanations for all phenomena.

The recent medical controversy over whether vaccinations cause autism reveals a habit of human cognition — thinking anecdotally comes naturally, whereas thinking scientifically does not.

Smart people believe weird things because they are skilled at defending beliefs they arrived at for non-smart reasons.

I’m a skeptic not because I do not want to believe, but because I want to know. How can we tell the difference between what we would like to be true and what is actually true? The answer is science.

Religious faith depends on a host of social, psychological and emotional factors that have little or nothing to do with probabilities, evidence and logic.

Humans are, by nature, pattern-seeking, storytelling animals, and we are quite adept at telling stories about patterns whether they exist or not.

But the power of science lies in open publication, which, with the rise of the Internet, is no longer constrained by the price of paper.

I’m a skeptic not because I do not want to believe, but because I want to know.

In comparison, Google is brilliant because it uses an algorithm that ranks Web pages by the number of links to them, with those links themselves valued by the number of links to their page of origin.

Either the soul survives death or it does not, and there is no scientific evidence that it does.

I would never have turned pro training like an average bodybuilder. There is no substitute for intensity.

In fact I always disliked conceptual art, because my work is about anarchistic humor.

When I look around me, I can't help having faith.

The unhappy man, who once has trail'd a pen, Lives not to please himself, but other men; Is always drudging, wastes his life and blood, Yet only eats and drinks what you think good.

He's stuck with me and I'm stuck with him. We're stuck. That's what growing up is all about, I guess.

Feminism directly confronts the idea that one person or set of people [has] the right to impose definitions of reality on others.

If there be a faith that can move mountains, it is faith in one's own power.

What is love? Love is playing every game as if it's your last!

There is a branding influence on my work. But there's nothing really new about people as brands. The only difference is the scale and exposure.

What has Athens to do with Jerusalem.