Rationality is what we do to organize the world, to make it possible to predict. Art is the rehearsal for the inapplicability… — Brian Eno Copy Share Image
“Pasteboard pies and paper flowers are being banished from the stage by the growth of that power of accurate observation which is… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
Scientists are not the paragons of rationality, objectivity, openmindedness and humility that many of them might like others to believe. — Marcello Truzzi Copy Share Image
The single greatest world transformation would simply be the embrace of global reasonableness and pluralistic tolerance the global embrace of egoic-rationality (on… — Ken Wilber Copy Share Image
Once upon a time, in some out of the way corner of that universe which is dispersed into numberless twinkling solar systems,… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
“We need no extra cunning, no new ideas, no unnecessary gadgets, no frantic hyperactivity - all we need is less rationality.” — Rolf Dobelli Copy Share Image
“Tribalism is an addiction that is driven by false beliefs that need to be reflected back to be perceived as true.” — Stefan Molyneux Copy Share Image
There is joy in rationality, happiness in clarity of mind. Freethought is thrilling and fulfilling - absolutely essential to mental health and… — Dan Barker Copy Share Image
“It seems perverse to define intelligence as including rationality when no existing IQ test measures any such thing!” — Keith E. Stanovich Copy Share Image
“An unbiased appreciation of uncertainty is a cornerstone of rationality—but it is not what people and organizations want.” — Daniel Kahneman Copy Share Image
“I’ve suppressed my aspirations to forget all rationality and let the moment explain everything, for nothing to be said and everything understood.… — Saim .A. Cheeda Copy Share Image
“You need one whole hell of a lot of rationality before it does anything but lead you into new and interesting mistakes.” — Eliezer Yudkowsky Copy Share Image
The most sensible person is the one who knows to put his pride in the pocket when he realizes he was wrong… — Senora Roy Copy Share Image
A rationalism of serving any living being with a consistent ethics and morality of an unquestionable nature in any sphere of activity… — Anuj Somany Copy Share Image
The functional language is a radically anti-historical language: operational rationality has little room and little use for historical reason. — Herbert Marcuse Copy Share Image
It is important to reclaim for humanity the ground that has been taken from it by various arbitrarily narrow formulations of the… — Amartya Sen Copy Share Image
...in this way the structure of the universe- I mean, of the heavens and the earth and the whole world- was arranged… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
“I, therefore, for one, cannot see my way to accepting the agnostic rules for truth-seeking, or wilfully agree to keep my willing… — William James Copy Share Image
The whole point of religious faith, its strength and chief glory, is that it does not depend on rational justification. The rest… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
I think excessive rationality can be very dangerous. Certainly the kind of rationality we've seen in the last hundred years, and still… — Pankaj Mishra Copy Share Image
When governments rely increasingly on sophisticated public relations agencies, public debate disappears and is replaced by competing propaganda campaigns, with all the… — Brian Eno Copy Share Image
There's something in us that is very much attracted to madness. Everyone who looks off the edge of a tall building has… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
It is not rational to assume, without evidence, that rationality can disclose everything about the world, just because it can disclose some… — Iain McGilchrist Copy Share Image
“Stanovich argues that high intelligence does not make people immune to biases. Another ability is involved, which he labels rationality. Stanovich’s concept… — Daniel Kahneman Copy Share Image
That the world is not the embodiment of an eternal rationality can be conclusively proved by the fact that the piece of… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
“I want to be, if I can, as sure of the world--the real world--around me as is possible. Now, you can only… — James Randi Copy Share Image
If you are engaging rationality, you are already engaging a place that makes you unavailable. Only when I recognize that inspiration has… — Paul Caponigro Copy Share Image
“P.C. Hodgell said - That which can be destroyed by the truth should be . Do not flinch from experiences that might… — Eliezer Yudkowsky Copy Share Image
It is clear, then, that the idea of a fixed method, or of a fixed theory of rationality, rests on too naive… — Paul Feyerabend Copy Share Image
“Lightness. Let the winds of evidence blow you about as though you are a leaf, with no direction of your own. Beware… — Eliezer Yudkowsky Copy Share Image
“So what? Why should an a priori proof of the libertarian property theory make any difference? Why not engage in aggression anyway?”… — Hans-Hermann Hoppe Copy Share Image
"The people" is that massive portion of a society that lives by its pathetic subjection to sheer immediacy or self-obviousness, and that… — Kenny Smith Copy Share Image
“We hold these truths to be self-evident. { Franklin's edit to the assertion in Thomas Jefferson 's original wording, 'We hold these… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
“One of chief pieces of advice I give to aspiring rationalists is "Don't try to be clever." And, "Listen to those quiet,… — Eliezer Yudkowsky Copy Share Image
I don't hold animals superior or even equal to humans. The whole case for behaving decently to animals rests on the fact… — Brigid Brophy Copy Share Image
“Rationality belongs to the cool observer, but because of the stupidity of the average man, he follows not reason, but faith, and… — Reinhold Niebuhr Copy Share Image
“Fisher just stood there lost in thought, without saying anything. There is always a rational explanation for everything in this world -… — Cornell Woolrich Copy Share Image
Mental or spiritual health, which is rationality, makes for progress, and the future demands greater and greater mental or spiritual health, greater… — Jack London Copy Share Image
“When like-minded people argue, all they do is provide each other with new reasons supporting already held beliefs. Just like solitary reasoners,… — Hugo Mercier & Dan Sperber Copy Share Image
One of the essential differences between the liberal and conservative worldview is that the liberals believe in rationality, whereas conservative believe that… — Thom Hartmann Copy Share Image
