“In reality, a person questioning the existence of the Satanic conspiracy is merely pointing out that the emperor is wearing no clothes. In that case, one can understand why the emperor's tailors get upset and suggest the person doing the pointing is a tool of the devil. Then the question comes down to one of whether the crowd will believe the evidence they have before them, or if they will buy into the tailors' fantasies.” IfsBelievePersonsRealityExistenceCasesFantasyClothesDevilEvidenceToolsCrowdsUpsetConspiracyQuestioningPointingEmperorSatanicTailors Author:Michael A. Stackpole
“There are lots of people who believe there may be at least some genetic component to procrastination, and even if there isn't, it seems to be the case that procrastination habits are often set relatively early in life (that's certainly the case with me). But I also think that there's lots of evidence that external tools can help quite a bit in getting people to stop procrastinating.” PeopleIfsThinkingBelieveMayHelpingSeemsBitsCasesHabitEvidenceToolsProcrastinationComponentsProcrastinating Author:James Surowiecki
“Some say Edward Snowden is a hero and a patriot. Others say he's a fool and a traitor. The evidence is mounting that the guy who leaked the details about the National Security Agency's Internet-eavesdropping program may be something more sinister - namely, a willing tool in China's ongoing cyberwar against our nation.” MayGuyNationsSecurityWillingFoolInternetHeroEvidenceProgramToolsDetailsChinaAgencyPatriotNational SecurityOngoingTraitorSinisterSnowdenEavesdropping Author:Arthur L. Herman
“Alternative therapists don't kill many people, but they do make a great teaching tool for the basics of evidence-based medicine, because their efforts to distort science are so extreme.” PeopleEffortTeachingEvidenceToolsMedicineExtremesAlternativesTherapistsBasicsGreat Teaching Author:Tracey Gold
“The point is that religion puts a value on irrationality, which makes it the perfect tool for promoting irrational beliefs like misogyny. Other ideologies can be challenged with evidence and reason, but religion is allowed a pass by most people. And that's why it's especially dangerous.” PeopleReasonValuesBeliefPerfectDangerousEvidenceToolsIdeologyIrrationalMisogynyPromotingIrrationalityIrrational Beliefs Author:Amanda Marcotte
“Faith is the commitment of one's consciousness to beliefs for which one has no sensory evidence or rational proof. A mystic is a man who treats his feelings as tools of cognition. Faith is the equation of feeling with knowledge.” MenFeelingsBeliefConsciousnessEvidenceCommitmentToolsTreatsProofRationalEquationsMysticCognitionSensory Book:The Virtue of Selfishness Source: The Virtue of Selfishness
“Eventually, humans invented agriculture, which could be understood as a way of turning the natural world into a tool for our use. There's evidence that we have been domesticating crops and animals for at least 15,000 years, adapting ecosystems to our preferred way of life.” WorldWayYearsHumansHas BeensUseNaturalAnimalUnderstoodEvidenceToolsAgricultureNatural WorldCropsEcosystemsAdapting Author:Annalee Newitz
“Faith is the commitment of one's consciousness to beliefs for which one has no sensory evidence or rational proof. When man rejects reason as his standard of judgement, only one alternative standard remains to him: his feelings. A mystic is a man who treats his feelings as tools of cognition. Faith is the equation of feelings with knowledge” MenReasonFeelingsBeliefConsciousnessStandardsEvidenceCommitmentToolsTreatsRemainsProofRationalAlternativesJudgementRejectsEquationsMysticCognitionSensory Book:The virtue of selfishness: a new concept of egoism Source: The virtue of selfishness: a new concept of egoism
“The effect of a concept-driven revolution is to explain old things in new ways. The effect of a tool-driven revolution is to discover new things that have to be explained.” WayScienceEffectsRevolutionConceptsEvidenceDiscoveryToolsDrivenNew ThingsNew WaysOld Things Author:Frank Watson Dyson
“There exists a mountain of circumstantial evidence that consciousness survives bodily death. This is the kind of evidence that would stand up in a court of law. Some people believe that science needs better tools to quantify what consciousness is. Perhaps when we discover what consciousness is we will be on the road to providing absolute scientific evidence that there is life after death.” PeopleNeedsBelieveKindLawConsciousnessMountainEvidenceToolsAbsolutesCourtProvidingAfter DeathLife After DeathNear DeathScientific EvidenceCircumstantial Evidence Author:Jean Ritchie