Quotes About Evidence

the evidence is there. Thought control is, to a free people, a cardinal sin. It is dangerous because focused propaganda can be effective. This is why the best teachers insist on a broad range of learning, most especially including skepticism. We must teach our students to use caution when they are exposed to ideologies that have followers whose enthusiasm clouds their judgment.

There's a point where anecdotal evidence becomes truth

To a certain extent I am taking a leap of faith. I'm adding up the evidence on either side, and I'm seeing the evidence of there not being a God is overwhelming compared to the evidence for there being a God.

The beliefs of atheists would have to require at least as much faith as those of religious believers. But they don't.

Atheism is not a faith position because it is belief in nothing beyond that which is supported by evidence and argument. Religious belief is a faith position because it goes beyond what there is evidence or argument for. That is why faith requires something 'special' that ordinary belief does not have.

The problem of induction is the problem of how an argument can be good reasoning as induction but be poor reasoning as a deduction.

You cant publish a paper on physics without the full experimental data and results; that should be the standard in journalism.

I would embrace my regret—and my ability to work at forgiveness—as evidence of my humanity. I would wake up each morning and count my blessings.

I'm sure that DNA testing will rule Dean out as a suspect, because there's no way he could have been

This means that being in opposition to "the world" is, to them, itself proof of the validity of their claims. Moreover, criticism and even ridicule from "the world" becomes further evidence confirming their position.

We naturally look for evidence that confirms our beliefs. We then experience what we believe, even when there is evidence to suggest otherwise.d

But hey, it's only a story, with no solid evidence, the kind of shit only a nerd could love.

The greatest faith is the willingness to ask in the first place, all evidence to the contrary. Faith not just in God, but in all of us.

For you, hunting the Twelve isn't an answer. It's a question. Does anybody out there care? Are we worth saving? What would God want from me, if there is a God? The greatest faith is the willingness to ask in the first place, all evidence to the contrary. Faith not just in God, but in all of us.

The law does not require that to be proved which is apparent to the court.'

I like to let them talk things out, but fact isn't a democratic process; if a thing isn't true it isn't true, even if everybody votes that it is.

How can anyone doubt the existence of God when evidence of His sense of humour surrounds us on all sides?

fact isn't a democratic process; if a thing isn't true it isn't true, even if everybody votes that it is.

After all, what is truth but the consensus of memories of reliable witnesses?

but fact isn't a democratic process;

I came the second I heard," she told me breathlessly. "I can't believe it! Until this time we've only had the Boscana manuscript as any proof this religion arose before the introduction of Christianity and not in response to it!

Some of the information in those binders was even manipulated to appear more damaging to Oppenheimer.

The task of getting rid of Oppenheimer was far too important to leave to the clownish, sensation-seeking senator from Wisconsin. It would require careful planning and skillful maneuvering. After leaving Hoover, Strauss returned to his office and wrote to Senator Robert Taft, urging him to block McCarthy if he attempted to launch an investigation of Oppenheimer. It would be "a mistake," he wrote. "In the first place some of the evidence will not stand up.

Later that day, Eisenhower noted in his diary that in the "brief time" he had to read over the "so-called 'new' charges" he had quickly realized that "they consist of nothing more than the receipt of a letter from a man named Borden. . . ." He then correctly assessed its contents: "This letter presents little new evidence. . . .