Michael Shermer Quotes
Humans evolved brains that are pattern-recognition machines, adept at detecting signals that enhance or threaten survival amid a very noisy world. ... But there is only one surefire method of proper pattern recognition, and that is science.
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I would say the secret is to be enthusiastic about everything that comes into your life. To care, to care about people. To be excited about everything that comes close to you. I love to read. And I love to write, mostly.
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If I have a Sunday free, I'll go up the coast and spend some time on the beach. I scuba dive and swim and sail. A lot of the things I like are around the water.
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Songs are a way to express what I have felt. A way to understand what happened to me or to other people.
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My mother giving birth to me was just like Lady Sybil giving birth, except that there wasn't such a tragic ending.
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I think that in the end, a talk show is a very different animal.
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I eat the same foods almost every day. I have my favorites like Filipino beef broth, chicken soup with lots and lots of rice.
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He knew what had to be done. It is not always the same as knowing what to do.
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That there is pain and evil, is no ruleThat I should make it greater, like a fool.
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To us, 'The Amazing Race' takes the whole world and turns it into a giant game. What could be better?
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Such evidence is not the only kind which produces belief; though positivism maintains that it is the only kind which ought to produce so high a degree of confidence as all minds have or can be made to have through their agreements.
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Value will always be on top of everyone's lists now, right along with safety.
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'Breaking Away' was a great experience. It's the kind of movie that engenders a lot of goodwill from people.
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How most consumers collect and interpret health information has changed.
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I am endorsing Barack Obama because he is a new kind of leader: he speaks with a different voice; he brings a new perspective and inspires a real excitement from the American people.
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The industry has died as far as modeling has gone, and I'll tell you why. Magazines are featuring the Halle Berrys and Sarah Jessica Parkers, all the actresses. Makeup companies are featuring all the celebrities. All the models have died.
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I love doing what I do. I'm a born mentor. I've launched so many people's careers. I worked hard.
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I don't have a Twitter account.
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Like attracts like. Whatever the conscious mind thinks and believes. the subconscious identically creates.
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The ability to delude yourself may be an important survival tool.
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New methods always look better than old ones. Neural nets are better than logistic regression, support vector machines are better than neural nets, etc.
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I'm picky, very picky. I wanted to be an actor since I was nine years old, and I figured that was only one way to ever have any longevity, and that's to be careful about what kind of work you do.
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I have learned that I have to slow down and appreciate that my daughter still needs me, still wants me to help her negotiate everything in her life.
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Defects are not free. Somebody makes them, and gets paid for making them.
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Humans evolved brains that are pattern-recognition machines, adept at detecting signals that enhance or threaten survival amid a very noisy world. ... But there is only one surefire method of proper pattern recognition, and that is science.
