Sam Harris
- Iron Age fairy tales
We are faced with the task of convincing a myth infatuated world that love and curiosity are sufficient and you don't have to delude yourself and frighten yourself with Iron Age fairy tales. This is a monumental task. I don't think there is an intellectual struggle more worthy of our efforts.
Robert M. Sapolsky
- science
I love science, and it pains me to think that so many are terrified of the subject or feel that choosing science means you cannot also choose compassion, or the arts, or be awed by nature. Science is not meant to cure us of mystery, but to reinvent and reinvigorate it.
Lawrence Krauss
- Ridiculing ideas
Ridiculing ideas is what makes progress. So if I offend some of you I don't mean to offend you personally - I may offend some of your ideas but that doesn't bother me at all. In fact, if you confrond my ideas it will lead to a discussion. What does offend me of course is offending personal freedom and equal rights.
