Accurate Quote by Michael Specter

People tend to believe accusations more than denials.

— Mary McMullen

Behind every argument is somebody's ignorance. Rediscover the foundation of truth and the purpose and causes of dispute immediately disappear.

— Louis D. Brandeis

“A person’s conclusions can only be as solid as the information on which they are based. Thus, a person who is exposed to almost…

— Thomas Gilovich

Few look for truth; many prowl about for a reputation of profundity by arrogantly challenging whichever arguments are the best.

— Rene Descartes

I know that if enough people shout a falsehood, people start to think it's true and a lot of people don't do independent verification…

— Zoe Quinn

Our whole educational system, from the elementary schools to the universities, is increasingly turning out people who have never heard enough conflicting arguments to…

— Thomas Sowell

“Denial can cause the inability to view matters as they are.”

— Steven Redhead

A reliable way to make people believe in falsehoods is frequent repetition, because familiarity is not easily distinguished from truth. Authoritarian institutions and marketers…

— Daniel Kahneman

Some have tried to use my work for politics, using inaccurate or out-of-context information that, repeated enough, becomes truth to some even though it…

— Santiago Calatrava

A false argument should be refuted, not named. That's the basic idea behind freedom of speech. Arguments by name-calling, rather than truth and light,…

— Ann Coulter

When someone repeatedly insists that something isn't true, it increases the likelihood that it is.

— Amy Dickinson

The people I go after are the false experts, those who do not accept the limits of their knowledge.

— Nassim Nicholas Taleb