Clusterphunk

https://www.goodreads.com/clusterphunk

Clusterphunk’s Bookshelves

to-read‎ (15)
currently-reading‎ (0)
read‎ (181)
did-not-finish‎ (0)
fantasy‎ (78)
science-fiction‎ (29)
supernatural‎ (27)
science‎ (24)
horror‎ (21)
suspense‎ (20)
philosophy‎ (19)

psychology‎ (18)
urban-fantasy‎ (17)
dystopian‎ (14)
religion‎ (13)
dark-fantasy‎ (12)
evolution‎ (9)
atheism‎ (8)
biology‎ (8)
classic-literature‎ (7)
physics‎ (7)
space‎ (7)

astronomy‎ (6)
mystery‎ (6)
comedy‎ (5)
trash‎ (5)
history‎ (4)
military-fantasy‎ (3)
spirituality‎ (3)
neuroscience‎ (2)
romance‎ (2)
steampunk‎ (2)
anthology‎ (1)

autism‎ (1)
autobiography‎ (1)
buddhism‎ (1)
chemistry‎ (1)
christianity‎ (1)
climate-change‎ (1)
crime‎ (1)
lgbtqia‎ (1)
paleontology‎ (1)
pseudoscience‎ (1)
self-help‎ (1)

Stats | More…

Clusterphunk’s Quotes

“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
― Christopher Hitchens

tags: atheism, reason, science, skeptic

3356 likes

“Isn't it enough to see that a garden is beautiful without having to believe that there are fairies at the bottom of it too?”
― Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

tags: atheism, religion, skeptic

3615 likes

“If you think that moral reasoning is something we do to figure out the truth, you’ll be constantly frustrated by how foolish, biased, and illogical people become when they disagree with you.”
― Jonathan Haidt, The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion

131 likes

“The nay-sayers insist loudly that they're "climate sceptics", but this is a calculated misnomer – scientific scepticism is the method of investigating whether a particular hypothesis is supported by the evidence. Climate sceptics, by contrast, persist in ignoring empirical evidence that renders their position untenable. This isn't scepticism, it's unadulterated denialism, the very antithesis of critical thought.”
― David Robert Grimes

tags: anti-science, climate-change-quotes, climate-skepticism, denialism, global-warming, motivated-denial, nay-sayers

2 likes

“If you care about being thought credible and intelligent, do not use complex language where simpler language will do. My Princeton colleague Danny Oppenheimer refuted a myth prevalent among undergraduates about the vocabulary that professors find most impressive. In an article titled "Consequences of Erudite Vernacular Utilized Irrespective of Necessity: Problems with Using Long Words Needlessly," he showed that couching familiar ideas in pretentious language is taken as a sign of poor intelligence and low credibility.”
― Daniel Kahneman, Thinking, Fast and Slow

tags: psychology

27 likes

More of Clusterphunk’s quotes…