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Through no divine design or cosmic plan, we have inherited the mantle of life's caretaker on the earth, the only home we have ever known.

Michael Shermer

Religious faith depends on a host of social, psychological and emotional factors that have little or nothing to do with probabilities, evidence and logic.

Michael Shermer

Scientific prayer makes God a celestial lab rat, leading to bad science and worse religion.

Michael Shermer

But because we live in an age of science, we have a preoccupation with corroborating our myths.

Michael Shermer

Scientific prayer makes God a celestial lab rat, leading to bad science and worse religion.

Michael Shermer

But there is only one surefire method of proper pattern recognition, and that is science.

Michael Shermer

Anecdotal thinking comes naturally science requires training.

Michael Shermer

We know evolution happened because innumerable bits of data from myriad fields of science conjoin to paint a rich portrait of life's pilgrimage.

Michael Shermer

But the power of science lies in open publication, which, with the rise of the Internet, is no longer constrained by the price of paper.

Michael Shermer