Tell people there's an invisible man in the sky who created the universe, and the vast majority will believe you. Tell them the paint is wet, and they have to touch it to be sure.

George Carlin
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Our ability to question and doubt is essential to our rational thinking. In fact, it is one of the things that makes us human. Our ability to question and doubt is what separates us from other animals. However, being able to question and doubt comes at a price.

If we can not recognize a question or a doubt as a sign of rationality, we will often not recognize the same questioning or doubting as a sign of irrationality. As an example of this, many of us have been taught that the universe was created by God, but it is also sometimes said that the universe was created by an invisible man who put his hands out into space and then painted the universe with his fingers. In both cases, there is no evidence of how this invisible man or God created the universe.

Of course, to believe that this invisible man or God created the earth and its people would be to believe that he painted his fingers in water—and still others suggest that he rubbed them together to make colors come out. More than one person has tried to prove that the universe was created by an invisible man who put his hand into space to make colors come out. When you tell people there's an invisible man in the sky who created the universe, they'll believe you because they haven't questioned their beliefs enough.

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