"One can discern a few very general myths that facilitate the birth of further myths: that everything is possible; that whatever we have failed to explain in normal and earthly terms must have paranormal or supernatural explanations; and that science, being rational, cannot explain the irrational, such as taste and love."

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Source : Source: deutsche-denker.de

Mario Bunge

#And Love Quotes #Taste Quotes #Normal Quotes

“A century of convulsive change leaves huge demographic gouge marks.”
“I don't want to offend people.”
“I think it's a sensible thing not to read your fan mail - not to take it too seriously.”
“When religion talks about our aspirations and our sense of morality, I do not believe that science can contradict it. However, when religion contradicts science on matters of fact, religion must yield.”
“Whether it is photography, assemblage art or filmmaking, my work is to see beneath the surface.”
“I was always in the popular crowd, but I really had atrocious teeth. I was encouraged to 'do well in school, 'cause no one's going to marry you!'”
“Various Eastern fathers referred to the practice of married priests in their churches, offering each one of us elements for a further careful evaluation of the choice of the Latin church to connect celibacy to ordained priesthood.”
“Looking at this insolent earth, you hear the first battle cry of our species- trap it under a rock and together, screaming, attack and destroy it, as if killing a mammoth.”

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