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Quote by Bertrand Russell
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Many Orthodox speak as if it is the job of the skeptic to refute emerging dogmas, not the job of the dogmatist to justify them. This is, of course, a mistake. If I were to claim that somewhere between Mars and Earth there was a porcelain teapot orbiting the Sun in an elliptical orbit, no one would be able to disprove my claim, especially if I were to add that it was a tiny teapot that could be seen with the most powerful telescope on Earth. is not visible either. If, on the other hand, I were to say that since my statement cannot be refuted, it is intolerable arrogance on the part of humanity, if they doubt it, then everyone could rightly say that I am talking nonsense. However, if the existence of this teapot were claimed by ancient books, proclaimed as a holy truth on Sundays and drilled into the minds of children in schools, then doubting this would be a sign of abnormality, which psychiatrists in an enlightened age, and earlier the Inquisition, are notable for.