A Quote by Peter Singer on habits, vegan, animal rights, vegetarian,...
As a matter of strict logic, perhaps, there is no contradiction in taking an interest in animals on both compassionate and gastronomic grounds. If a person is opposed to the infliction of suffering on...
View ArticleA Quote by Henry Bessemer on bias, general belief, and fixed ideas
I had an immense advantage over many others dealing with the problem inasmuch as I had no fixed ideas derived from long-established practice to control and bias my mind, and did not suffer from the...
View ArticleA Quote by unknown on history, bias, revisionist, and objective
History is a selective interpretation of events intended to justify those currently in power. Memory is the same thing on an individual scale. Source: Unknown Contributed by: Ryan read more
View ArticleA Quote by Sir Francis Bacon on bias, thinking, and reasoning
It is the peculiar and perpetual error of the human understanding to be more moved and excited by affirmatives than by negatives Source: The Works of Francis Bacon, page 348 Contributed by: Ryan read...
View ArticleA Quote by Peter Singer on ethics, morals, moral judgement, bias, discust,...
All the particular moral judgments we intuitively make are likely to derive from discarded religious systems, from warped views of sex and bodily functions, or from customs necessary for the survival...
View ArticleA Quote by Dean Radin on bias, rational man mistake, prejudice, rational, and...
“… ‘You’re making the ‘rational man’ mistake.’ He meant that we usually assume that science is a rational process, but it’s not. When we’re presented with evidence that counters our prior...
View ArticleA Quote by Shrimati Indira Gandhi on action, bias, small, and steps
Have a bias toward action - let's see something happen now. You can break that big plan into small steps and take the first step right away. Contributed by: Meenakshi read more
View ArticleA Quote by Kenneth Smith on philosophy, truth, bias, and preconceptions
On all vital existential questions, human beings have biases more deepset than they can begin to comprehend. The task of philosophers is not to work up fanciful idealistic rhetoric designed to appeal...
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