Eblis said, “No man who thinks ill, will hear the truth despite a hundred signs. When one who fantasises is presented with reason his fantasies increase. When one talks to such a person, their words become the very cause of that person’s fantasy. The crusader’s sword is a tool for a thief. So the response to him is silence and peace; to talk with an idiot is insanity. —Mathnawi-ye ma’nawi II 2714–17 By Rumi Quick View Author All Quotes, Rumi Tag: #confirmation-bias, #delusion, #eblis, #insanity, #malice, #sufism
I think it’s outrageous if a historian has a ‘leading thought’ because it means they will select their material according to their thesis By Antony Beevor Quick View Author All Quotes, Antony Beevor Tag: #confirmation-bias, #historiography, #history, #thesis
People are always clinging to what they want to hear, discarding the evidence that doesn’t fit with their beliefs, giving greater weight to evidence that does. By Paula Stokes Quick View Author All Quotes, Paula Stokes Tag: #confirmation-bias, #preconceived-notions
Did you ever read my words, or did you merely finger through them for quotations which you thought might valuably support an already conceived idea concerning some old and distorted connection between us? By Audre Lorde Quick View Author All Quotes, Audre Lorde Tag: #confirmation-bias, #quotations
The main thing that I learned about conspiracy theory, is that conspiracy theorists believe in a conspiracy because that is more comforting. The truth of the world is that it is actually chaotic. The truth is that it is not The Iluminati, or The Jewish Banking Conspiracy, or the Gray Alien Theory. The truth is far more frightening – Nobody is in control. The world is rudderless. By Alan Moore Quick View Author Alan Moore, All Quotes Tag: #confirmation-bias, #conspiracy, #conspiracy-theories, #young-men
Confirmation bias is the most effective way to go on living a lie. By Criss Jami Quick View Author All Quotes, Criss Jami Tag: #bias, #confirmation, #confirmation-bias, #deceit, #encouragement, #falsehood, #insecurity, #lies, #mistakes, #prejudice, #psychology, #security, #self-deception, #truth, #yes-man
One believed what one was told to believe, what it made sense to believe. Unless one was a foreigner, of course, or a philosopher. By Iain M. Banks Quick View Author All Quotes, Iain M. Banks Tag: #belief, #cognitive-dissonance, #confirmation-bias, #foreigners, #philosophy