Perceiving the world as well designed and thus the product of a designer, and even seeing divine providence in the daily affairs of life, may be the product of a brain adapted to finding patterns in nature. (38)

Scientists like Bjorn Lomborg in The Skeptical Environmentalist have, in my opinion, properly nailed environmental extremists for these exaggerated scenarios.

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

We think of our eyes as video cameras and our brains as blank tapes to be filled with sensory inputs.

Skepticism is not a position; skepticism is an approach to claims, in the same way that science is not a subject but a method.

The whole point of faith, in fact, is to believe regardless of the evidence, which is the very antithesis of science.

Science is not a thing. It's a verb. It's a way of thinking about things. It's a way of looking for natural explanations for all phenomena.