I think that a society cannot live without a certain number of irrational beliefs. They are protected from criticism and analysis because… — Claude Levi-Strauss Copy Share Image
There's no evidence whatsoever that men are more rational than women or that men are more willing to surrender their irrational beliefs.… — Albert Ellis Copy Share Image
When people change their irrational beliefs to undogmatic flexible preferences, they become less disturbed. — Albert Ellis Copy Share Image
The point is that religion puts a value on irrationality, which makes it the perfect tool for promoting irrational beliefs like misogyny.… — Amanda Marcotte Copy Share Image
Superstition is the irrational belief that an object or behavior has the power to influence an outcome, when there's no logical connection… — Gretchen Rubin Copy Share Image
Fundamental assumptions in general and scientific assumptions in particular are so hard to overturn because they are based on belief. Beliefs are… — Thomas Campbell Copy Share Image
Beginning in the 1960s, many studies showed that people who hold what we call irrational beliefs are significantly more disturbed than when… — Albert Ellis Copy Share Image
Dilbert: Evolution must be true because it is a logical conclusion of the scientific method. Dogbert: But science is based on the… — Scott Adams Copy Share Image
While I think in principle people should not have irrational beliefs, I should say that as a matter of fact, it is… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
People are terrified of other people or difficult projects because they tell themselves that they could fail or be rejected. Failure can… — Albert Ellis Copy Share Image
“This is the exact opposite of that lazy acquiescence in irrationality which is sometimes urged by those who only know that psychoanalysis… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Hellenic science is a victory of rationalism, which appears greater, not smaller, when one is made to realize that it had been… — George Sarton Copy Share Image
“When we look at the frailties of the human mind and the apparent disinterest by the multitude to do the very hard… — Brian Goedken Copy Share Image
“The greater fool theory states that the price of an object is determined not by its intrinsic value, but rather by irrational… — Ashwin Sanghi Copy Share Image
I am a child of the Enlightenment. I think irrational belief is a dangerous phenomenon, and I try to consciously avoid irrational… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
