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Assumption Quotes by Steven Pinker
- The task of evolutionary psychology is not to weigh in on human nature, a task better left to others. It is to add the satisfying…
- People today sometimes get uncomfortable with empirical claims that seem to clash with their political assumptions, often because they haven't given much thought to the…
- The foundation of individual rights is the assumption that people have wants and needs and are authorities on what those wants and needs are. If…
More Assumption Quotes
- The process of tracing regularity in any complicated, and at first sight confused, set of appearances, is necessarily tentative; we begin by… — John Stuart Mill
- It is a dangerous assumption to say that people who drain energy "don't know what they are doing." People are sophisticated aware… — Frederick Lenz
- Still, intuitive assumptions about behavior is only the starting point of systematic analysis, for alone they do not yield many interesting implications. — Gary Becker
- The bad-boy label is just an assumption. — Russell Brand
- A fair trial is one in which the rules of evidence are honored, the accused has competent counsel, and the judge enforces… — Harry Browne
- The risk of developing carcinoma of the lung increases steadily as the amount smoked increases. If the risk among non-smokers is taken… — Richard Doll
- No man has a right in America to treat any other man "tolerantly" for tolerance is the assumption of superiority. Our liberties… — Wendell Willkie
- A student brings something to discuss, saying, "I don't know whether this is really good, or whether I should throw it in… — William Stafford