For Solving A Surprisingly Large

Mysteries Once Thought To Be Supernatural Or Paranormal Happenings - Such As Astronomical Or Meteorological Events - Are Incorporated Into Science Once Their Causes Are Understood.

In Science , All Conclusions Are Provisional, Subject To New Evidence And Better Arguments, The Very Antithesis Of Religious Faith.

I’m A Skeptic Not Because I Do Not Want To Believe, But Because I Want To Know.

People Have A Hard Time Accepting Free-market Economics For The Same Reason They Have A Hard Time Accepting Evolution: It Is Counterintuitive. Life Looks Intelligently Designed, So Our Natural Inclination Is To Infer That There Must Be An Intelligent Designer--a God. Similarly, The Economy Looks Designed, So Our Natural Inclination Is To Infer That We Need A Designer--a Government. In Fact, Emergence And Complexity Theory Explains How The Principles Of Self-organization And Emergence Cause Complex Systems To Arise From Simple Systems Without A Top-down Designer.

Humans Evolved Brains That Are Pattern-recognition Machines, Adept At Detecting Signals That Enhance Or Threaten Survival Amid A Very Noisy World. ... But There Is Only One Surefire Method Of Proper Pattern Recognition, And That Is Science.