“Graphology is another in a long list of quack substitutes for hard work. It is appealing to those who are impatient with such troublesome matters as research, evidence analysis, reasoning, logic, and hypothesis testing.” LongMatterHardHard WorkResearchEvidenceLogicListsAnalysisReasoningWorking ItSubstitutesHypothesisTestingImpatientTroublesomeQuacks Author:Robert Todd Carroll
“History is replete with examples of what happens when any group of authorities do not have to answer to empirical evidence but are free to define truth as they see fit. None of the examples has a happy ending. Why should it be otherwise with therapy?” ShouldHappensAnswersGroupsExampleFitAuthorityEvidenceTherapyHappy EndingsEmpirical Evidence Author:Robert Todd Carroll
“Everywhere we look, ideology slouches along the freeways and autoroutes, sometimes carrying a cross, sometimes a sickle, sometimes a crescent, but always busy doing somebody in somewhere, somehow.” LooksSometimesHumilityCrossesBusyIdeologyFreewaysCrescent Author:Robert Todd Carroll
“Science is simply a logical process of discovering truths about the world we live in; the illusion is that science is some sort of a set of strange rules, a religion that speaks algebra or a magical group of incantations and spells.” WorldGodReligionSpeakProcessGroupsStrangeIllusionLogicalSpellsDiscoveringAlgebraDiscovering The Truth Author:Robert Todd Carroll
“Atheists maintain that spiritual experience is purely subjective, with no basis in a reality outside of the subject.” RealitySpiritualSubjectsBasesAtheistSubjectiveSpiritual Experience Author:Robert Todd Carroll
“A delusion held by one person is a mental illness, held by a few is a cult, held by many is a religion.” PersonsIllnessMental IllnessDelusionAnarchyCultHeresy Author:Robert Todd Carroll
“Irrational beliefs are culturally accepted delusions.” BeliefAcceptedDelusionIrrationalIrrational Beliefs Author:Robert Todd Carroll
“The only thing infinite is our capacity for self-deception” SelfCapacityInfiniteDeceptionSelf Deception Author:Robert Todd Carroll
