Quotessence
Home / Authors / Massimo Pigliucci
Massimo Pigliucci

Massimo Pigliucci Quotes

Professor

Filter quotes by topic

AllHelpingPeopleStoicismActionStoicThinkingWorldAttitudeBelieveBuddhismConcernDisciplineEquanimityImportantNaturalPrioritiesReasonSpeakAccomplishAchieve

Famous Massimo Pigliucci Quotes

“We still live in a world of such gross injustice and inequality, that only privileged people like ourselves can afford to think of eros and art as top concerns in life. They are important, for sure, but I think it's high time to shift priorities around, away from selfish indulgence, and toward more concern for the wellbeing of so many others who suffer atrocities, injustice, and famine, all over the planet.”

PeopleThinkingWorldArtImportantSufferingConcernInjusticeSelfishPrioritiesInequalityGrossIndulgenceWellbeingFamineEros
Author:Massimo Pigliucci
Create image

“The downside of skepticism: it can easily turn into an arrogant position of a priori rejection of any new phenomenon or idea, a position that is as lacking in critical thinking as the one of the true believer, and that simply does not help either science or the public at large.”

ThinkingDoeIdeasHelpingTurnsPositionCriticalBelieverRejectionPhenomenonArrogantSkepticismLackingCritical ThinkingTrue Believer
Book:Nonsense on Stilts: How to Tell Science from Bunk
Create image