Assumptions Quote by Noam Chomsky

I've learned over the years that 'rational discussion' accomplishes almost nothing in politics, particularly with people better educated than average.

— Dominic Cummings

Talk about rationality can get very confusing unless the things with which rationality deals are also included.

— Robert M. Pirsig

All silencing of discussion is an assumption of infallibility.

— John Stuart Mill

Rationality doesnt exist; right is absence of wrongness and wrong is what seems to be unfair.

— Anonymous

It is easier to rationalize than it is to be rational.

— Warren Buffett

Rationalizing is wasteful. Rationalization, on the other hand, is critical.

— Jamie Timbre

Rationalism is an adventure in the clarification of thought.

— Alfred North Whitehead

Rational discourse is only one way of presenting and examining an issue and by no means the best. Our new intellectuals are not aware…

— Paul Feyerabend

Argument Is Bad, But Discussion Is Good, Because, ARGUMENT Is To Find Out WHO IS RIGHT and DISCUSSION Is To Find Out WHAT IS…

— Ritu Ghatourey

The rational approach start from the idea that everything is explainable and that mystery is in some sense the enemy. This means that it…

— Jeremy Narby

I love discussions and arguments without having any preconceived biases.

— Viktor Hovland

“Rationalizing is not a tool for penetration of reality but a post-factum attempt to harmonize one's own wishes with existing reality.”

— Erich Fromm