Petru Trimbitas

“I have no data yet. It is a capital mistake to theorise before one has data. Insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories, instead of theories to suit facts.”
― Arthur Conan Doyle, The Complete Sherlock Holmes

“it turns out that the more unbelievable headlines and articles readers are exposed to, the more it warps their compass—making the real seem fake and the fake seem real. The more extreme a headline, the longer participants spend processing it, and the more likely they are to believe it. The more times an unbelievable claim is seen, the more likely they are to believe it.4”
― Ryan Holiday, Trust Me, I'm Lying: Confessions of a Media Manipulator

“Our brain accepts what the eyes see and our eye looks for whatever our brain wants.”
― Daniel Gilbert, Stumbling on Happiness

“I mean they don't seem able to love us just the way we are. They don't seem able to love us unless they can keep changing us a little bit. They love their reasons for loving us almost as much as they love us, and most of the time more.”
― J.D. Salinger, Nine Stories