#lacy

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

The third fallacy is that affirmative action doesn't work. ↗

— Harold Washington

#affirmative #affirmative action #fallacy #third #work

Many people tend to look at programming styles and languages like religions: if you belong to one, you cannot belong to others. But this analogy is another fallacy. ↗

— Niklaus Wirth

#another #belong #cannot #fallacy #languages

The idea that a war can be won by standing on the defensive and waiting for the enemy to attack is a dangerous fallacy, which owes its inception to the desire to evade the price of victory. ↗

— Douglas Haig

#dangerous #defensive #desire #enemy #evade

You can't recover memories of a missing event. That's a fallacy. ↗

— Betty Hill

#fallacy #memories #missing #recover #you

People assume that because you have graced the same stage as the star act, in front of thousands, you must be reaping similar financial rewards. This is a complete fallacy. ↗

— John Barrow

#assume #because #complete #fallacy #financial

The moment-of-conception fallacy implies that fertilization is a simple process with never a doubt as to whether it has or has not happened. ↗

— George C. Williams

#fallacy #fertilization #happened #implies #never

To pretend you don't feel a certain strangeness after living in England for 40 years is a fallacy. ↗

— Trevor McDonald

#certain #england #fallacy #feel #living

Democracy is beautiful in theory; in practice it is a fallacy. ↗

— Benito Mussolini

#democracy #fallacy #practice #theory

The belief that youth is the happiest time of life is founded on a fallacy. The happiest person is the person who thinks the most interesting thoughts, and we grow happier as we grow older. ↗

— William Lyon Phelps

#fallacy #founded #grow #happier #happiest