Quote of the Day 18 December 2013 – Evidence

Neil deGrasse Tyson at The Amazing Meeting 6.
Neil deGrasse Tyson at The Amazing Meeting 6. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

“One of the biggest problems with the world today is that we have large groups of people who will accept whatever they hear on the grapevine, just because it suits their worldview—not because it is actually true or because they have evidence to support it. The really striking thing is that it would not take much effort to establish validity in most of these cases… but people prefer reassurance to research.”
Neil deGrasse Tyson

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2 responses to “Quote of the Day 18 December 2013 – Evidence”

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    David

    You’re going to have to give some evidence to back this up, Neil.

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