Remember always that we are pattern-seeking primates who are especially adept at finding patterns with emotional meaning.
Michael ShermerAs Karl Marx once noted: 'Hegel remarks somewhere that all great, world-historical facts and personages occur, as it were, twice. He forgot to add: the first time as tragedy, the second as farce.' William Jennings Bryan and the Scopes trial was a tragedy. The creationists and intelligent design theorists are a farce.
Michael ShermerFor solving a surprisingly large and varied number of problems, crowds are smarter than individuals.
Michael Shermer