‘Ramadan is a cold-blooded Islamist who believes that Islam is the cure for the malaise wrought by liberal values.’… Read the rest

‘We no longer defer to bishops or politicians; scientists are simply facing the same fate.’ Yes but bishops are one thing and scientists are another. We can demand that scientists produce evidence, but what evidence can a bishop offer?… Read the rest

‘…many of the widely accepted claims promulgated by therapists are based on subjective clinical opinions and have been resoundingly disproved by empirical research conducted by psychological scientists.’… Read the rest

It’s important to distinguish between necessary, useful technicality, and jargon or pseudo-mathematics substituting for genuine rigor.… Read the rest

‘Developments take place in a world linked by ideas rather than by race.’… Read the rest

What a coincidence that we’re here and not on that nasty Pluto.… Read the rest

‘The protection built into Theory…is composed of layer on layer of ignorance.’… Read the rest

We need to know what’s out there so that we can change it.… Read the rest

No it’s not just an accident that the character who gets Tom Hanks killed in Saving Private Ryan is both an intellectual and a coward. Spielberg is making a point, a bad point, and we need to pay attention.… Read the rest

‘But the gender-genre books that are based largely on clinical intuition and popular psychology typically lack a basic skepticism toward received wisdom and the willingness to wrestle with an idea to see who wins.’… Read the rest

‘We are in danger of losing our grip on the concepts of truth, evidence, objectivity, disinterested inquiry.’… Read the rest

Investors need to know the truth, but voters don’t. Or not.… Read the rest

Biologists who had done no primary research in human sciences nevertheless issued anathemas on it.… Read the rest

Deniers distort history in order to promote antisemitism and white supremacy.… Read the rest

Militant Islam and militant Christian fundamentalism are indeed related.… Read the rest