Authority Quote by Dennis Lindley

“In my opinion, it helps enormously to know why something is true, rather than being told it is true, for why should you believe me? Never believe anything on the authority of a single person but seek confirmation — and reason is the best confirmation.”

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Utility is the emotion pleading to be let into the house of pure reason and thereby enriching it.

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