During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.
Logic is like the sword–those who appeal to it shall perish by it.
An optimist believes we live in the best possible of worlds.- A pessimist fears that this is true.
If one devalues rationality, the world tends to fall apart.
Anything that gives us new knowledge gives us an opportunity to be more rational.
Writing my own novels in the ’90s…I never imagined that in ten years, science and rationality would require explanation and defense in a world rocked and ruled by religious fervor.
Give me 6 hours to chop a tree, I will spend the first 4 sharpening my axe.
I haven’t failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.
Refusal to believe until proof is given is a rational position; denial of all outside of our own limited experience is absurd.
It’s interesting that these themes of crime and political corruption are always relevant.