Belief Quote by Thomas Gilovich

“People who learn some correct detail about another person's life at once draw conclusions from it which are not accurate, and see in the…

— Marcel Proust

“A person who falsely believes he or she is knowledgeable will not seek out clarification of his or her beliefs, but rather rely on…

— Sunday Adelaja

“The human tendency toward confirmatory thinking - all of us are bias to seek information that fits what we already believe.”

— Valerie Tarico

“We hold many dubious beliefs, in other words, not because they satisfy some important psychological need, but because they seem to be the most…

— Thomas Gilovich

“A misleading perception or false belief is increasingly being perpetuated that the unconscious or the intuitive is all that really matters in any spiritual…

— Anthon St. Maarten

“beliefs. A reliable way to make people believe in falsehoods is frequent repetition, because familiarity is not easily distinguished from truth.”

— Daniel Kahneman

“Practical experience can coney a person's actual fundemental understanding of a specific idea with the inclusion of supporting & reliable evidence rather than only…

— Saaif Alam

“... anecdotes can easily become interpretations, and the facts expand in minds when they are not opposed by knowledge.”

— Bernd Heinrich

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

— Amy Dickinson

“Confronting information that directly challenges existing beliefs can be psychologically threatening to people, especially if the information challenges their sense of identity.”

— Rachel Hilary Brown

“Error is the ultimate inside job. Yes, the world can be profoundly confusing; and yes, other people can mislead or deceive you. In the…

— Kathryn Schulz

“Consider the possibility that your perception is wrong, and put your energy into learning why their beliefs aren’t inconsistent to them.”

— Suzanne L. Davis