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A Lot Of People Hate My Skepticism, And I Think I Understand Why. The Psychics Offer Wonders And Endless Possibilities In A World That Often Seems Difficult And Mundane. They Promise Health, Wealth, Wisdom, Eternal Life. But If You Examine The Record, It's Not The Psychics But The Hard-nosed Scientists Who Have Actually Delivered The Things That Improve Human Life. And, To Me, Science Describes A World Far More Interesting Than Any Psychic Fantasy. It's A Good World -- Not Perfect -- But It's Ours. So We'd Better Learn To Live With It, The Way It Is.

The Conjuror Or Con Man Is A Very Good Provider Of Information. He Supplies Lots Of Data, By Inference Or Direct Statement, But It's False Data. Scientists Aren't Used To That Scenario. An Electron Or A Galaxy Is Not Capricious, Nor Deceptive; But A Human Can Be Either Or Both.

Magicians Are The Most Honest People In The World; They Tell You They're Gonna Fool You, And Then They Do It.

We Have Fought Long And Hard To Escape From Medieval Superstition. I, For One, Do Not Wish To Go Back.

To Make Sure That My Blasphemy Is Thoroughly Expressed, I Hereby State My Opinion That The Notion Of A God Is A Basic Superstition, That There Is No Evidence For The Existence Of Any God(s), That Devils, Demons, Angels And Saints Are Myths, That There Is No Life After Death, Heaven Nor Hell, That The Pope Is A Dangerous, Bigoted, Medieval Dinosaur, And That The Holy Ghost Is A Comic-book Character Worthy Of Laughter And Derision.