The mediocrity principle simply states that you aren't special. The universe does not revolve around you; this planet isn't privileged in any unique way; your country is not the perfect product of directed, intentional fate; and that tuna sandwich you had for lunch was not plotting to give you indigestion.
Rational people have better things to do than grant unwarranted credibility to every half-assed delusion. - Pz Myers
Rational people have better things to do than grant unwarranted credibility to every half-assed delusion.
- Pz Myers
We are not princes of the earth, we are the descendants of worms, and any nobility must be earned. - Pz Myers
We are not princes of the earth, we are the descendants of worms, and any nobility must be earned.
Human beings are still fish. - Pz Myers
Human beings are still fish.
The mediocrity principle simply states that you aren't special. The universe does not revolve around you; this planet isn't privileged in any unique … - Pz Myers
The mediocrity principle simply states that you aren't special. The universe does not revolve around you; this planet isn't privileged in any unique …
Most of what happens in the world is just a consequence of natural, universal laws- laws that apply everywhere and to everything, with no special exe… - Pz Myers
Most of what happens in the world is just a consequence of natural, universal laws- laws that apply everywhere and to everything, with no special exe…
Religion is an act of sedition against reason. Whatever religion is most seductive and likely to draw in victims to surrender their skepticism is the… - Pz Myers
Religion is an act of sedition against reason. Whatever religion is most seductive and likely to draw in victims to surrender their skepticism is the…
Silence is an argument in favor of the status quo. A refusal to address an inequity is a strategy for maintaining that inequity. - Pz Myers
Silence is an argument in favor of the status quo. A refusal to address an inequity is a strategy for maintaining that inequity.
Very clever people are often very clever at creating rationalisations for insane beliefs. - Pz Myers
Very clever people are often very clever at creating rationalisations for insane beliefs.
The hypothesis of the supernatural and/or a supreme being is vague, unfounded, and inapplicable in any practical fashion - Pz Myers
The hypothesis of the supernatural and/or a supreme being is vague, unfounded, and inapplicable in any practical fashion
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