One of the things being in politics has taught me is that men are not a reasoned or reasonable sex.Margaret Thatcher
When it is not in our power to follow what is true, we ought to follow what is most probable.René Descartes
It's the default premise in science: If you observe something in nature only once, you assume that what you've seen is typical. That's because 'typical' is just another way of saying 'most probable.'Seth Shostak
Frankly, I'll believe in horoscopes the day I can describe my personality to an astrologer and they tell me what date I was born.Seth Shostak
The idea behind digital computers may be explained by saying that these machines are intended to carry out any operations which could be done by a human computer.Alan Turing
Men are so simple and yield so readily to the desires of the moment that he who will trick will always find another who will suffer to be tricked.Niccolo Machiavelli
My first inclination is to be a bit skeptical about the claims that human-produced carbon dioxide is the direct contributor to global warming.Buzz Aldrin
