February 13, 2012

When you start to doubt yourself, the real world will eat you alive. ~ Henry Rollins

September 11, 2011

The common dogma of fundamentalists is fear of modern knowledge, inability to cope with the fast change in a scientific/technological society, and the real breakdown in apparent moral order in recent years.  That is why hate is the major fuel, fear is the cement of the movement, and superstitious ignorance is the best defense against the dangerous new knowledge.  When you bring up arguments that cast serious doubts on their cherished beliefs you are not simply making a rhetorical point, you are threatening their whole Universe and their immortality.  That provokes anger and quite frequently violence.  Unfortunately, you cannot reason with them.  Their numbers will decline only when society stabilizes, and adapts to modernity. ~ G Gaia

February 26, 2010

The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people are so full of doubts. ~ Bertrand Russell

June 21, 2010

It is better to keep your mouth shut and appear stupid than to open it and remove all doubt. ~ Mark Twain