Hoc Quotes
31 quotes by 26 authors
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Given any rule, however "fundamental" or "necessary" for science, there are always circumstances when it is advisable not only to ignore the rule, but to…
— Paul Feyerabend
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If you have high IQ, you're really good at finding post-hoc arguments to support your feelings of truthiness.
— Jonathan Haidt
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I think because of my background - I went through university and did an academic career and fell into acting - I've never had a…
— Rob James-Collier
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It is not intuitive ease I am after, but rather a point of view which is sufficiently definite to clear up some difficulties, and to…
— Karl Popper
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Facilis descensus Averno Noctes atque dies patet atri ianua Ditis Sed revocare gradum superasque evadere ad auras Hoc opus labor est
— Cassandra Clare
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When your reasons for believing something are justified ad hoc, you are left susceptible to further discoveries undermining the rationale for that belief.
— Neil deGrasse Tyson
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Ex hoc momento pendet aeternites. (Eternity hangs from this moment.)
— Kerstin Gier
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Adam was in the dream, too; he traced the tangled pattern of ink with his finger. He said, "Scio quid hoc est." As he traced…
— Maggie Stiefvater
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Positivism eliminates any kind of natural law principle - for example, that there are economic laws which can be transgressed only at your peril. With…
— Murray Rothbard
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The answer I found is you stay away from the people who make fun of you, and you join these ad hoc groups who understand…
— Ray Bradbury
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Whether or not the U.S. government funds circumvention tools, or who exactly it funds and with what amount, it is clear that Internet users in…
— Rebecca MacKinnon
Who Wrote These Hoc Quotes
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