“How do you convince someone they’re not thinking clearly, when they’re not thinking clearly? What we’re actually saying is no magic, no afterlife, no higher moral authoritative father-figure, no security, and no happy ever after. This is a tough sell.”

—–Phil Plait, astronomer and skeptic, in a talk called, “Don’t be a dick” at The Amazing Meeting 8, a conference put on by the James Randi Educational Foundation, held in Las Vegas in July, 2012.