{"quotes":[{"text":"Methodological naturalism is a “ground rule” of science today which requires scientists to seek explanations in the world around us based upon what we can observe, test, replicate, and verify.","author":"Robert T. Pennock","tags":["evidence","falsifiable","materialism","methodological-naturalism","naturalism","observable","replicable","science","scientific","scientists","testable","verifiable"],"id":3906,"author_id":"Robert+T.+Pennock"},{"text":"My practice as a scientist is atheistic. That is to say, when I set up an experiment I assume that no god, angel or devil is going to interfere with its course; and this assumption has been justified by such success as I have achieved in my professional career. I should therefore be intellectually dishonest if I were not also atheistic in the affairs of the world.","author":"J.B.S. Haldane","tags":["atheism","atheist","atheistic","biology","devils","evolution","experiments","intellectual-honesty","justified-assumptions","methodological-naturalism","science","scientist"],"id":25009,"author_id":"J.B.S.+Haldane"},{"text":"I'm a novelist by trade and my job is to write a story rather than reconstruct actual events.","author":"Sara Sheridan","tags":["events","fiction","job","methodological-naturalism","novelist","reality","research","writer","writing"],"id":219158,"author_id":"Sara+Sheridan"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":3,"pages":1}}