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“Of all the strife in the world—strife of every imaginable variety, from conflict over crumb cake to conflict in the Middle East—a staggering amount of it arises from the clash of mutually incompatible, entirely unshakable feelings of rightness.”
― Kathryn Schulz, Being Wrong: Adventures in the Margin of Error

“By searching, you can always find someone who made a well-sounding statement that confirms your point of view—and, on every topic, it is possible to find another dead thinker who said the exact opposite.”
― Nassim Nicholas Taleb, The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable

“I have come to believe that an individual consciousness represents an entity so personal and ontologically unique that it qualifies as something we might as well call a soul.”
― John Brockman, What Have You Changed Your Mind About?: Today's Leading Minds Rethink Everything

“Could we not put our tremendous computing power (both human and mechanical) to better use than upholding the prejudices of a bunch of aristocrats from the eighteenth century”
― Gretchen McCulloch, Because Internet: Understanding the New Rules of Language