Faith Quote by Ezra Klein

“reasoning is a uniquely human talent. It may have arisen from our need to understand one another’s intentions and motivations. This allowed us to…

— John Medina

Most of our so-called reasoning consists in finding arguments for going on believing as we already do.

— James Harvey Robinson

“Our motivations thus influence our beliefs through the subtle ways we choose a comforting pattern from the fabric of evidence.”

— Thomas Gilovich

We like to continue to believe what we have been accustomed to accept as true, and the resentment aroused when doubt is cast upon…

— James Harvey Robinson

“Reason is flawed, but how badly? How should success or failure in reasoning be assessed? What are the mechanisms responsible? In spite of their…

— Hugo Mercier

“Most of us, in our civilized society, rely too heavily on reasoning capacity to make things happen. We've been raised to believe that logic…

— Herb Cohen

“It is not that hard to understand why most of us believe strongly in things that are palpably not true. We have a natural…

— Robert Carroll

I have learned to be less confident in the conclusions of human reason, and give more credit to the honesty of contrary opinions.

— Thomas Jefferson

As if reasoning were any kind of writing or talking which tends to convince people that some doctrine or measure is true and right.

— Catharine Beecher

“If you believe people use reason for the important decisions in life, you will go through life feeling confused and frustrated that others seem…

— Scott Adams

“Whereas reason is commonly viewed as the use of logic, or at least some system of rules to expand and improve our knowledge and…

— Hugo Mercier

“Questioning our own motives, and our own process, is critical to a skeptical and scientific outlook. We must realize that the default mode of…

— Steven Novella