by Profit Prophet | Jan 13, 2022 | Always, Attempts, Deify, Error, Evidence, Illusions, Masses, Master, Never, Seduces, Taste, Thirsted, Truth, Victim
“The masses have never thirsted after truth. They turn aside from evidence that is not to their taste, preferring to deify error, if error seduces them. Whoever can supply them with illusions is easily their master; whoever attempts to destroy their illusions is...
by Profit Prophet | Aug 26, 2021 | Backed, But Not, Cannot, Evidence, Facts, Located, Opinions, People, Right, Weight
“People have a right to their own opinions, but not to their own facts. Evidence must be located, not created, and opinions not backed by evidence cannot be given much weight.” –James W. Loewen
by Profit Prophet | Nov 21, 2020 | Alter, Cannot, Dictates, Evidence, Facts, Inclinations, May Be, Passion, Stubborn, Things, Whatever, Wished
“Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passion, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence.” –John Adams
by Profit Prophet | Oct 3, 2020 | Asserted, Can Be, Dismissed, Evidence, That, Which, Without
“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.” –Christopher Hitchens
by Profit Prophet | Sep 23, 2020 | Argument, Does Not, Evidence, Importance, Logic, Logical, Prove, Provide, Someone, Value
“If someone doesn’t value evidence, what evidence are you going to provide to prove that they should value it? If someone doesn’t value logic, what logical argument could you provide to show the importance of logic?” –Sam Harris
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