Guide to healthy skepticism involves maintaining the distinction between what you think and what you feel, as in what people "feel as evidence instead of what they think as evidence or what they can prove as evidence." You should not feel about the speed of light or evolution, Jillette argues, just as you should not "think about love." In other words, you should feel “I love you,” and you should think about reality.
If you confuse the two, not only will you be cheapening the emotion of love, Jillette says, you will also be cheapening science. Instead you should think about the world and feel about your heart.
- Penn Jillette is the author of Every Day is an Atheist Holiday!: More Magical Tales from the Author of God, No!
If you confuse the two, not only will you be cheapening the emotion of love, Jillette says, you will also be cheapening science. Instead you should think about the world and feel about your heart.
- Penn Jillette is the author of Every Day is an Atheist Holiday!: More Magical Tales from the Author of God, No!
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