Creationists argue that natural selection is only a negative process, and therefore cannot create anything. Chopra argues that skepticism is only a negative process, and therefore does not lead to knowledge. Both are wrong for the same reasons. They ignore the generation of diversity and new ideas upon which natural selection and skepticism acts. Weeding out the unfit is critical to both - natural selection allows evolution to proceed, and skepticism allows science to advance.
Questioning our own motives, and our own process, is critical to a skeptical and scientific outlook. We must realize that the default mode of human p… - Steven Novella
Questioning our own motives, and our own process, is critical to a skeptical and scientific outlook. We must realize that the default mode of human p…
- Steven Novella
There is no skepticism without science and the scientific method. It's about how we know what we know. - Steven Novella
There is no skepticism without science and the scientific method. It's about how we know what we know.
Some claims deserve ridicule, and anything less falsely elevates them. - Steven Novella
Some claims deserve ridicule, and anything less falsely elevates them.
Anecdotes generate questions, not answers. - Steven Novella
Anecdotes generate questions, not answers.
Science is about the process; it's not about the conclusion. - Steven Novella
Science is about the process; it's not about the conclusion.
The work of a science blogger is largely comprised of correcting and criticizing bad science news reporting. - Steven Novella
The work of a science blogger is largely comprised of correcting and criticizing bad science news reporting.
History is strewn with ideas that were intuitive and made sense at the time, but were also hopelessly wrong. - Steven Novella
History is strewn with ideas that were intuitive and made sense at the time, but were also hopelessly wrong.
Creationists argue that natural selection is only a negative process, and therefore cannot create anything. Chopra argues that skepticism is only a n… - Steven Novella
Creationists argue that natural selection is only a negative process, and therefore cannot create anything. Chopra argues that skepticism is only a n…
What do you think science is? There is nothing magical about science. It is simply a systematic way for carefully and thoroughly observing nature and… - Steven Novella
What do you think science is? There is nothing magical about science. It is simply a systematic way for carefully and thoroughly observing nature and…
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