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Given the power and influence that science increasingly has in our daily lives, it is important that we as citizens of an open and democratic society learn to separate good science from bunk. This is not just a matter of intellectual curiosity, as it affects where large portions of our tax money go, and in some cases even whether people's lives are lost as a result of nonsense.

Massimo Pigliucci

If a theory purports to explain everything, then it is likely not explaining much at all.

Massimo Pigliucci

The downside of skepticism: it can easily turn into an arrogant position of a priori rejection of any new phenomenon or idea, a position that is as lacking in critical thinking as the one of the true believer, and that simply does not help either science or the public at large.

Massimo Pigliucci

Massimo Pigliucci

Massimo Pigliucci

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Born: January 16, 1964 (age 61)

Bio: Massimo Pigliucci is Professor of Philosophy at CUNY-City College, formerly co-host of the Rationally Speaking Podcast, and formerly the editor in chief for the online magazine Scientia Salon.

Known for:

Making Sense of Evolution (2006)
Phenotypic plasticity (2001)

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