"The popularity of the paranormal, oddly enough, might even be grounds for encouragement. I think that the appetite for mystery, the enthusiasm for that which we do not understand, is healthy and to be fostered. It is the same appetite which drives the best of true science, and it is an appetite which true science is best qualified to satisfy."
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Richard Dawkins, "Science Delusion and the Appetite for Wonder", John Brockman, Edge.org, 1.2.97.
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