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Mary Douglas

"It seems true that the growth of science and secularism made organized Christianity feel under threat."

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"It seems true that the growth of science and secularism made organized Christianity feel under threat."

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"The universe rings true whenever you fairly test it."

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"The whole of science is nothing more than a refinement of everyday thinking."

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"Vast is the field of Science. The more a man knows, the more he will find he has to know."

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"The work of science is to substitute facts for appearances, and demonstrations for impressions."

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"Time in itself, absolutely, does not exist; it is always relative to some observer or some object. Without a clock I say 'I do not know the time' . Without matter time itself is unknowable. Time is a function of matter; and matter therefore is the clock that makes infinity real."

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"Men of science offer us health, an obvious benefit; it is only afterwards that we discover that by health, they mean bodily slavery and spiritual tedium."

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"Dark Energy is poorly understood and it is clear that we are currently moving into exploring thecomplete electromagnetic spectrum that also includes the study of atmospheric pressure waves,atmospheric voltage effects on the cellular system, and the biological effects of the various forms ofatmospheric radiation transmission."

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"Chronotropic Drugs:Drugs engineered to affect one's sense of time. Chronodecelocotropic drugs have no short term effect but over time give one the impression that time feels longer. Chronoaccelocotropic drugs have the opposite effect."

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"Psychology more than any other science has had its pseudo-scientific no less than its scientific period."

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"When I die, I'm leaving my body to science fiction."

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"Inequality can have a bad downside, but equality, for its part, sure does get in the way of coordination."
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"It is only partly true that religion does more harm than good in society. The community makes God into the image it wants, vengeful, or milky sweet, or scrupulously just, and so on."
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"Since 1970, relationships can be more volatile, jobs more ephemeral, geographical mobility more intensified, stability of marriage weaker."
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"I am sure it must be true that people opt out of the mainstream society because they feel that there are going to be no rewards for them, if they stay."
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"Mormons... are so strong, they can handle wealth, they are confident. I think it is because they are not bogged down by rules for equality, but have a firmly defined system of relative status and responsible command."
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"Without that assured American largesse Israel would have been obliged to come to an accommodation with her neighbours."
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"Islam is in principle egalitarian, and has always had problems with power."
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"It is very reasonable to worry about the harm done by organized religion, and to prefer looser and more private arrangements."
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