Quote of the day
The most destructive element in the human mind is fear. Fear creates aggressiveness; aggressiveness engenders hostility; hostility engenders fear — a disastrous circle.
Paul Kurtz

Born: December 21, 1925
Died: October 20, 2012 (aged 86)
Bio: Paul Kurtz was a prominent American skeptic and secular humanist. He has been called "the father of secular humanism".
Known for:
- The Transcendental Temptation (1986)
- Forbidden fruit (1988)
- The new skepticism (1992)
- What Is Secular Humanism? (2007)
- In defense of secular humanism (1983)