You Have Been Poked by God Paul Ingraham Jun 7, 2011 skepticismsize Squotes You Have Been Poked by God, by Dan Loxton: Isaac Asimov was a skeptic, a rationalist, an atheist, and a trained scientist. All the same, a trivial misunderstanding brought him teetering to the edge of supernatural belief. So close that he acted on it. Just in case.