Quotes from Thomas E. Kida

critical thinking and decision-making skills, which could counteract our natural tendencies to err, are typically not taught in our schools.

we form many incorrect beliefs because we have natural tendencies to evaluate evidence in a biased and faulty manner.

a skeptic is just a person who wants to see and evaluate the evidence before believing. In its truest sense, a skeptic is someone who keeps an open mind, but requires rigorous investigation before choosing to believe something.

It's the quality of our reasons for believing that make us intelligent and thoughtful individuals

we have a penchant to pay close attention to information that comes to us in the form of a story or personal account.

It is not disbelief that is dangerous to our society, it is belief. -George Bernard Shaw

Much of what is reported on TV and other media outlets is actually pseudo or junk science, which is not real science, but is passed off as such.

Given the proliferation of pseudoscientific thinking that permeates the media, we are increasingly susceptible to thinking like a pseudoscientist-which contributes profoundly to errors in our beliefs and decisions.

Pseudoscientists typically focus on only one explanation for a phenomenon, quickly brushing aside alternative explanations. And, in their desire to support their belief, they are willing to accept flimsy, oftentimes anecdotal, evidence.