Tales of the Rational Quotes

“We are not becoming more educated; we are simply acquiring more knowledge. There is a fundamental difference between the two.”
― Massimo Pigliucci, Tales of the Rational: Skeptical Essays About Nature and Science

“are we going to teach the best of what we currently know about the world (however provisional such knowledge may be), or shall we decide if the earth is flat or round by majority consensus?”
― Massimo Pigliucci, Tales of the Rational: Skeptical Essays About Nature and Science

“we must require an agreement to the principle that there are no sacred cows. Anything and everything must be the subject of free inquiry and skeptical investigation. To allow otherwise, for practical or any other kind of reasons, is an intellectual travesty.”
― Massimo Pigliucci, Tales of the Rational: Skeptical Essays About Nature and Science