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our moral reasoning is plagued by two illusions. The first illusion can be called the wag-the-dog illusion: We believe that our own moral judgment (the dog) is driven by our own moral reasoning (the tail). The second illusion can be called the wag-theother-dog's-tail illusion: In a moral argument, we expect the successful rebuttal of an opponent's arguments to change the opponent's mind. Such a belief is like thinking that forcing a dog's tail to wag by moving it with your hand will make the dog happy. ↗

— Sam Harris

#morality #neuroscience #change

They often say, “What’s the point in astrology if you can’t change your destiny?”. Well, it’s true that you can’t change your destiny, but still it helps knowing about gravity. ↗

— Kedar Joshi

#destiny #gravity #science #change

Before it is science and career, before it is livelihood, before even it is family or love, freedom is sound sleep and safety to notice the play of morning sun. ↗

— Richard Rhodes

#science #family

He may become like a glass filled with a clear light for eyes to see that can. ↗

— J.R.R. Tolkien

#sci-fi #inspirational

It is not how much we do, but how much love we put in the doing. It is not how much we give, but how much love is put in the giving. ↗

— Mother Teresa

#inspirational #spiritual-quotes #inspirational

And if you lose the willingness, what do you have? ↗

— Sabrina Benulis

#archon #demons #love #sci-fi #urban-fantasy

We must pass through the darkness, to reach the light. ↗

— Albert Pike

#inspirational #science #truth-of-life #inspirational

Without self-discipline, success is impossible, period. ↗

— Lou Holtz

#self-discipline #sports #inspirational

Laboring through a world every day more stultified, which expected salvation in codes and governments, ever more willing to settle for suburban narratives and diminished payoffs--what were the chances of finding anyone else seeking to transcend that, and not even particularly aware of it? ↗

— Thomas Pynchon

#humor #inspirational #science #humor

We are not born into the world. We are born into something that we make into the world. ↗

— Michael Talbot

#science #inspirational