Belief is the natural state of things. It is the default option. We just believe. We believe all sorts of things. Belief is natural; disbelief, skepticism, science, is not natural.
Michael ShermerWhen alien abductees recount to me their stories, I do not deny that they had a real experience.
Michael ShermerNo single discovery from any of these fields denotes proof of evolution, but together they reveal that life evolved in a certain sequence by a particular process.
Michael ShermerSmart people believe weird things because they are skilled at defending beliefs they arrived at for non-smart reasons.
Michael ShermerIntelligent Design is a remarkably uncreative theory that abandons the search for understanding at the very point where it is most needed. If Intelligent Design is really a science, then the burden is on its scientists to discover the mechanisms used by the Intelligent Designer. (80)
Michael Shermer