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Systems are like babies: once you get one, you have it.[a.] They don’t go away. On the contrary, they display the most remarkable persistence. They not only persist; they grow.
“Some things are believed because they are demonstrably true, but many other things are believed simply because they have been asserted repeatedly and repetition has been accepted as a substitute for evidence.”
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“It is far easier to concentrate power than to concentrate knowledge. That is why so much social engineering backfires and why so many despots have led their countries into disasters.”
― Intellectuals and Society
― Intellectuals and Society
“When people are presented with the alternatives of hating themselves for their failure or hating others for their success, they seldom choose to hate themselves.”
― Black Rednecks & White Liberals
― Black Rednecks & White Liberals
“People will forgive you for being wrong, but they will never forgive you for being right—especially if events prove you right while proving them wrong.”
― Is Reality Optional? And Other Essays
― Is Reality Optional? And Other Essays
“The reason so many people misunderstand so many issues is not that these issues are so complex, but that people do not want a factual or analytical explanation that leaves them emotionally unsatisfied.
They want villains to hate and heroes to cheer - and they don't want explanations that fail to give them that.”
― Dismantling America
They want villains to hate and heroes to cheer - and they don't want explanations that fail to give them that.”
― Dismantling America
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