Ridiculous Quotes (3)
Generally speaking, the errors in religion are dangerous; those in philosophy only ridiculous.
A Treatise on Human Nature (1739-40), ed. L. A. Selby-Bigge (1888), book 1, part 4, section 7, 272.
I believe in evidence. I believe in observation, measurement, and reasoning, confirmed by independent observers. I'll believe anything, no matter how wild and ridiculous, if there is evidence for it. The wilder and more ridiculous something is, however, the firmer and more solid the evidence will have to be.
In David S. Bradford, In the Beginning: Building the Temple of Zion? (2008).
See also: | Belief (37) | Evidence (31) | Evidence (31) | Independent (6) | Measurement (62) | Observation (142) | Reasoning (27) | Wild (2)
To be uncertain is to be uncomfortable, but to be certain is to be ridiculous.
Chinese proverb
