“Reality Check His lying is not contigent on who you are or what you do. His lying is not your fault. Lying… — Susan Forward Copy Share Image
“I see an actress smoking a cigarette in an old Fred McMurray movie. She’s clever and beautiful and manipulative. I feel envy.… — Chila Woychik Copy Share Image
It will take time for the idea of decentralized trust through computation to become a part of mainstream consciousness, and until then,… — Andreas Antonopoulos Copy Share Image
After a while, if you're committed, you start to believe in the things in which you're praying. It's just cognitive dissonance. You… — A. J. Jacobs Copy Share Image
“I don’t trust the science behind the vegetarian movement because the believers have agendas beyond nutrition. Some vegetarians are in the lifestyle… — Scott Adams Copy Share Image
“if we could tax Americans' cognitive dissonance we could balance the budget. The American people want all kinds of incompatible things, they're… — George f. Will Copy Share Image
“The more effort we put into something, the more likely we are to value it. We are more likely to be consistent… — Nir Eyal Copy Share Image
“Dallas Willard explains: The world has succeeded in opposing intelligence to goodness. . . . And today any attempt to combine spirituality or moral purity… — Jared C. Wilson Copy Share Image
“We have a predator that came from the depths of the cosmos and took over the rule of our lives. Human beings… — Carlos Castaneda Copy Share Image
The cognitive dissonance, the denial and cowardice that spare us painful truths and prevent us from acting in defense of innocent victims… — Mira Sorvino Copy Share Image
“Bad behavior don't make us cool, it only exposes the fool we are.” — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
“When a person believes one thing but chooses or is forced to advocate its opposite, the result is cognitive dissonance. Eventually, in… — Yanis Varoufakis Copy Share Image
“Two people, Chinese civilians, were heading toward me. Shit. I averted my eyes and changed my posture, dropping my shoulders, adopting a… — Barry Eisler Copy Share Image
The only position that leaves me with no cognitive dissonance is atheism. It is not a creed. Death is certain, replacing both… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“In a last-ditch effort, some readers may pathetically attack the scientific method, claiming that all subjective perspective is flawed and cannot be… — Shmuel Pernicone Copy Share Image
You'll be pleased to hear, Christopher, that I am no longer a Muslim liberal but an atheist [....] I find that it… — Ayaan Hirsi Ali Copy Share Image
“He had very few doubts, and when the facts contradicted his views on life, he shut his eyes in disapproval.” — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
“Remember and Share - The Investment Phase is the fourth step in the Hook Model. - Unlike the Action Phase, which delivers… — Nir Eyal Copy Share Image
“It was Daisuke's conviction that all morality traced its origins to social realities. He believed there could be no greater confusion of… — Natsume Sōseki Copy Share Image
True believers are continually shown by reality that their god doesn't exist, but have developed extensive coping mechanisms to deal with this… — Mark Thomas Copy Share Image
“The textbooks also fail to show how the continuous Indian wars have reverberated through our culture. Carleton Beals has written that "our… — James W. Loewen Copy Share Image
“Those who speak of their anger, their mistrust, or their dislike of certain groups tend not to see any contradiction in this… — Dr Val Thomas Copy Share Image
I believe that I have created a lot of cognitive dissonance in the minds of people who are comfortable with stereotypes. — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
