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It is not so much knowledge of science that the public needs as a scientific worldview—an understanding that we live in an orderly universe, governed by physical laws that cannot be circumvented.

— Robert L. Park Voodoo Science (2000)

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Every step taken by science claims territory once occupied by the supernatural.

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It is an axiom in the publishing business, however, that pseudoscience will always sell more books than the real science that debunks it.

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The integrity of science is anchored in the willingness of scientists to test their ideas and results in direct confrontation with their scientific peers.

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They are betting against the laws of thermodynamics. No one has ever won that wager.

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Consciously or unconsciously, the strategy of true believers is to isolate themselves from skeptics.

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