Many persons nowadays seem to think that any conclusion must be very scientific if the arguments in favor of it are derived from twitching of frogs' legsö especially if the frogs are decapitatedöand thatöon the other handöany doctrine chiefly vouched for by the feelings of human beings^with heads on their shouldersömust be benighted and superstitious.

-James,William
  Pragmatism.

We can applaud the state lottery as a public subsidy of intelligence, for it yields public income that is calculated to lighten the tax burden of us prudent abstainers at the expense of the benighted masses of wishful thinkers.

-Quine,Willard Van Orman
  Quiddities,'Gambling'.