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When examining evidence relevant to a given belief, people are inclined to see what they expect to see, and conclude what they expect to conclude. Information that is consistent with our pre-existing beliefs is often accepted at face value, whereas evidence that contradicts them is critically scrutinized and discounted. Our beliefs may thus be less responsive than they should to the implications of new information ↗

— Thomas Gilovich

#human-behavior #logic #mind #psychology #life

We should take care not to make the intellect our god; it has, of course, powerful muscles, but no personality. ↗

— Albert Einstein

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The gift of fantasy has meant more to me than my talent for absorbing positive knowledge. ↗

— Albert Einstein

#fantasy #gift #knowledge #me #meant

However, the sovereignty of the states is constitutionally defined and recognized, while the powers of the local government in Puerto Rico are defined by, and subject to alteration under, federal statutory law. ↗

— Dick Thornburgh

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Confusion of goals and perfection of means seems, in my opinion, to characterize our age. ↗

— Albert Einstein

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Don't think you are going to conceal thoughts by concealing evidence that they ever existed. ↗

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

#concealing #ever #evidence #existed #going

On our plane knowledge and ignorance are the immemorial adversaries. ↗

— Frederick Soddy

#ignorance #immemorial #knowledge #our #plane

In a previous life I wrote the software that controlled my physics experiments. That software had to deal with all kinds of possible failures in equipment. That is probably where I learned to rely on multiple safety nets inside and around my systems. ↗

— Wietse Venema

#controlled #deal #equipment #experiments #failures

But I had a very traditional background as well. My parents are neat people. ↗

— Uma Thurman

#had #i #neat #parents #people

But I think it is always difficult to have high expectations of yourself or anyone else. ↗

— Uma Thurman

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