Mansoor

“Improbable things happen a lot.”
― Jordan Ellenberg, How Not to Be Wrong: The Power of Mathematical Thinking

“Working out whether or not the claims you make in your premises are true, while important, is simply not enough to ensure that you draw true conclusions. People make this mistake all the time. They forget that you can begin with a set of entirely true beliefs but reason so poorly as to end up with entirely false conclusions. The problem is that starting with truth doesn’t guarantee ending up with it.”
― Julian Baggini, The Philosopher's Toolkit: A Compendium of Philosophical Concepts and Methods

“This cognitive dissidence causes people to create conspiracy theories, like the ones above, to change facts to match their beliefs, rather than changing their beliefs to match facts.”
― Bo Bennett, Logically Fallacious: The Ultimate Collection of Over 300 Logical Fallacies (Academic Edition)

“هل ترتوي مالم تعرف سبب عطشك، فقد يموت من الظمآ من يجاور البحر الفسيح”
― حجي جابر, مرسى فاطمة