The Scientific Attitude Quotes

“If the scientific attitude were just a matter of how one feels about whether one cares about evidence, it would not be possible to differentiate between the genuinely earnest person who is searching for a way to test their beliefs against experience versus the ideologues who are deluded into thinking that they care about evidence merely because they cherry pick facts that confirm their prior beliefs.”
― Lee McIntyre, The Scientific Attitude: Defending Science from Denial, Fraud, and Pseudoscience

“At its heart, what is distinctive about science is that it cares about evidence and is willing to change its theories on the basis of evidence.”
― Lee McIntyre, The Scientific Attitude: Defending Science from Denial, Fraud, and Pseudoscience