Assumption Quote by Christopher Hitchens

Our reasonings grasp at straws for premises and float on gossamers for deductions.

— Alfred North Whitehead

Evolution has long been the target of illogical arguments that use presumption.

— Marilyn vos Savant

“assumption prevents us from acknowledging the full humanity”

— Rinku Sen

We are discovering today that several of the premises which are deeply ingrained in our way of life are simply untrue and become pathogenic…

— Gregory Bateson

“If we cannot express our assumptions explicitly in ways that others can understand and build upon, there can be no larger process of testing…

— Peter Senge

“reasonings on this subject can only be drawn from effects to causes; and that every argument, deducted from causes to effects, must of necessity…

— David Hume

I am a person who recognizes the fallacy of humans.

— George W. Bush

“The ultimate consequence of misology is a kind of self-destruction in which what is destroyed is that aspect of the self represented by active…

— David A. White

“Author discussed what he calls the "narrative fallacy." This refers to our "limited ability" to look at a sequence of facts "without weaving an…

— Nassim Nicholas Taleb

“The modern world is drowning in information. We have more data than we can possibly use regarding nearly every picayune matter of society, economics,…

— Jeffrey A. Lockwood

To fail to properly contextualize content has historically been the basis for the slaughter of millions of people in every century throughout human history.…

— David Hawkins

“If it's Truth we're after, we'll find that we cannot start with any assumptions or concepts whatsoever. Instead, we must approach the world with…

— Steve Hagen