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Science, noun: The use of evidence to construct testable explanations and predictions of natural phenomena, as well as the knowledge generated through this process.

"The universe that we observe has precisely the properties we should expect if there is, at bottom, no design, no purpose, no evil, no good, nothing but pitiless indifference."
- Richard Dawkins

"Natural selection is the blind watchmaker, blind because it does not see ahead, does not plan consequences, has no purpose in view.  Yet the living results of natural selection overwhelmingly impress us with the appearance of design as if by a master watchmaker, impress us with the illusion of design and planning."
- Richard Dawkins, The Blind Watchmaker

"There is no other door to knowledge than the door Nature opens. And there is no truth but the truth we discover in Nature."
- Luther Burbank (1849-1926) Horticulturist

"One of the great achievements of science has been, if not to make it impossible for intelligent people to be religious, then at least to make it possible for them not to be religious."
- Steven Weinberg, Nobel laureate physicist

"Most people would sooner die than think; in fact, they do so."
- Bertrand Russell

"The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge."
- Stephen Hawking

One large difference between science and religion is this: In science, if the facts don't fit the theory, the theory is tossed out.  In religion, if the facts don't fit the theory, the facts are tossed out.

Believing is easier than thinking; that's why there will always be more believers than than thinkers.

Science and Skeptics' Sites and Articles

Space, Cosmology & Physics

Technology, Biology & Medicine

Abiogenesis (life's origins)

Evolution

Transitional Fossils & Vestigial Organs

Human Evolution

Creationism and "Intelligent Design"

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