"In childhood our credulity serves us well. It helps us to pack, with
extraordinary rapidity, our skulls full of the wisdom of our parents and
our ancestors. But if we don't grow out of it in the fullness of time,
our ... nature makes us a sitting target for astrologers, mediums, gurus,
evangelists, and quacks. We need to replace the automatic credulity
of childhood with the constructive skepticism of adult science."
[Richard Dawkins]