Daniel Levitin Quotes

Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. Do not believe in anything simply because it is spoken and rumored by many. Do not believe in anything simply because it is found written in your religious books. Do not believe in anything merely on the authority of your teachers and elders. Do not believe in traditions because they have been handed down for many generations. But after observation and analysis, when you find that anything agrees with reason and is conducive to the good and benefit of one and all, then accept it and live up to it

A healthy skepticism, regularly exercised…

If you tell me that the sky is red, I will look up.

No statement should be believed because it is made by an authority.

In principle, skeptics are neither closed-minded nor cynical. We are curious but cautious.

One of the first things we should teach every student is not to believe everything they read and hear.

True science teaches, above all, to doubt

I don't take anything that I read in the newspaper at face value on either side - from anybody.

I always try and distinguish between facts and opinions.

I think the most important thing that young people should be taught at school is how they can decide what they're being told is true.

As a general rule, if you want to get at the truth - hear both sides and believe neither.

Believing everything she read In the daily news, (No in-between to choose) She thought that only One side won, Not that BOTH Might lose.

We need discernment in what we see and what we hear and what we believe.

Be Skeptical, but learn to listen.

'UFO's' attitude toward the subject is very similar to mine. It's not an advocacy; its philosophy is more 'I want to believe this, but I want it proved.'

Skepticism is a virtue in history as well as in philosophy.

I know too much to be a sceptic and too little to be a dogmatist.

We can be critical of the things that we love. That is possible.

Skeptics question the validity of a particular claim by calling for evidence to prove or disprove it.

Scepticism is as important for a good journalist as it is for a good scientist.

Oxford also taught me something else - it taught me scepticism.

People everywhere confuse what they read in newspapers with news.

Everybody's saying, be skeptical of Wikipedia. That is true. They should also be skeptical of everything. We should all be critical consumers of the media.

I believe in an open mind, but not so open that your brains fall out.

Being a skeptic just means being rational and empirical: thinking and seeing before believing.