“All things considered, I can see no reason to adopt the afterlife hypothesis. I am sure I shall remain in a minority for a long time to come, especially among experiencers, but for me the evidence and the arguments are overwhelming ... We are biological organisms, evolved in fascinating ways for no purpose at all and with no end in mind. We are simply here and this is how it is. I have no self and "I" own nothing. There is no one to die. There is just this moment, and now this, and now this.” WayMindLongI CanEndsSelfReasonMomentsPurposeDiesAtheismLong TimeEvidenceArgumentAll ThingsPositive AtheismMinoritiesFascinatingNo ReasonOverwhelmingAfterlifeOrganismsHypothesis Author:Susan Blackmore
“I noticed a long time ago that the Universe rewards belief systems. It doesn't really matter what you believe - it'll be there and waiting for you if you go and look for it. Decide the universe is, say, run by secret enormous teddy bears, and I can guarantee you'll immediately start running across evidence that this is true.” IfsBelieveLooksLongI CanMatterRunningUniverseBeliefWaitingSecretBearsLong TimeEvidenceRewardsEnormousGuaranteesLong Time AgoBelief SystemsWaiting For YouTeddyTeddy Bear Author:Neil Gaiman
“Don't disturb complicated systems that have been around for a very long time. We don't understand their logic. Don't pollute the planet. Leave it the way we found it, regardless of scientific 'evidence'.” WayLongHas BeensFoundPlanetsLong TimeEvidenceLogicComplicatedScientific Evidence Author:Nassim Nicholas Taleb
“Cole kissed me.. It was the sort of kiss that would take a long time to recover from. You could take each of our kisses, from the very first moment we'd met and put them on a slide in a microscope, and I was pretty sure what you'd find. Even an expert would see nothing on the first one, and then on the next one, the start of something - mostly outnumbered, easily destroyed - and then more and more until finally this one, something that even the untrained eye could spot. Evidence that we'd probably never be cured of each other, but we might be able to keep it from killing us.” FirstsLongMomentsMightEyeAbleNextMetsKissingLong TimeEvidenceKillingDestroyedSpotsExpertsSlidesThe Next OneMicroscopes Author:Maggie Stiefvater
“Are you a vegetarian?' I ask, based on the evidence in front of me. She nods. 'Why?' 'Because I have this theory that when we die, every animal that we've eaten has a chance at eating us back. So if you're a carnivore and you add up all the animals you've eaten--well, that's a long time in purgatory, being chewed.' 'Really?' She laughs. 'No. I'm just sick of the question. I mean, I'm a vegetarian because I think it's wrong to eat other sentient creatures. And it sucks for the environment.” IfsThinkingWellsMeanLongDiesAsksChanceAnimalLaughingEnvironmentFrontsTheoryCreaturesEatingLong TimeEvidenceSickAddVegetarianPurgatoryCarnivores Author:David Levithan
“I am an atheist, out and out. It took me a long time to say it. I've been an atheist for years and years, but somehow I felt it was intellectually unrespectable to say that one is an atheist, because it assumed knowledge that one didn't have. Somehow it was better to say one was a humanist or agnostic. I don't have the evidence to prove that God doesn't exist, but I so strongly suspect that he doesn't that I don't want to waste my time.” WantYearsLongScienceFeltAtheismProveWasteLong TimeEvidenceAtheistMy TimeSuspectsHumanistAgnosticAgnosticismWasting My Time Author:Isaac Asimov