“The bullshitter ignores these demands altogether. He does not reject the authority of the truth, as the liar does, and oppose himself to it. He pays no attention to it at all. By virtue of this, bullshit is a greater enemy of the truth than lies are.”
― The Importance of What We Care About: Philosophical Essays
― The Importance of What We Care About: Philosophical Essays
“How did we let an ideological resistance to inquiry become such a prominent part of our society?”
― Undeniable: Evolution and the Science of Creation
― Undeniable: Evolution and the Science of Creation
“At that moment, as I looked this man in the eye, I was reminded of Hanlon's razor, a philosophical notion that states one should never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity. It occurred to me just then that, conversely, one ought never attribute to stupidity that which can be explained by malice.”
― The Forger's Daughter
― The Forger's Daughter
“It’s survival of the good-enough.”
― Undeniable: Evolution and the Science of Creation
― Undeniable: Evolution and the Science of Creation
“Common-enemy identity politics, when combined with microaggression theory, produces a call-out culture in which almost anything anyone says or does could result in a public shaming.”
― The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting up a Generation for Failure
― The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting up a Generation for Failure
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