Truth Quotes

What is truth? These quotes explore honesty, reality, and the courage it takes to face both.

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"The human capacity for self-deception is remarkable."
Gigerenzer, Gerd
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"Algorithms are not objective; they reflect the biases of their creators."
Gigerenzer, Gerd
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"We must distinguish between risk and danger in our communication."
Gigerenzer, Gerd
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"Numbers can be used to illuminate or to obscure the truth."
Gigerenzer, Gerd
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"Risk communication must empower rather than manipulate."
Gigerenzer, Gerd
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"Risk communication failure can have serious health and social consequences."
Gigerenzer, Gerd
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"The representativeness heuristic leads us astray more often than we know."
Tversky, Amos
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"People tend to see what they expect to see."
Tversky, Amos
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"Past choices create present justifications."
Tversky, Amos
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"Expectations shape perception as much as reality does."
Tversky, Amos
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"We are prone to believing information simply because it's repeated."
Tversky, Amos
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"In every concealment there is also a disclosure."
Pollock, John
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"Transparency is valuable, but it's not sufficient. Even informed people make predictably irrational choices."
Thaler, Richard
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"We construct narratives to explain our behavior, often after the fact, to make sense of what we've done."
Thaler, Richard
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"Moral disagreement often stems from different starting assumptions, not faulty reasoning."
Harman, Gilbert
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"Moral intuitions are not always reliable guides to moral truth."
Harman, Gilbert
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"Moral disagreement is widespread and may be irresolvable."
Harman, Gilbert
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"Disagreement about moral fundamentals does not imply relativism."
Harman, Gilbert
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"Moral agreement is sometimes impossible and that is acceptable."
Harman, Gilbert
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"We should trust our moral instincts less than we typically do."
Harman, Gilbert
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"Disagreement in ethics may reflect genuine indeterminacy."
Harman, Gilbert
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"Disagreement about values need not be irrational."
Harman, Gilbert
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"Moral disagreement is philosophically significant."
Harman, Gilbert
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"Disagreement reflects different frameworks of understanding."
Harman, Gilbert
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"Truth is not merely what we believe, but what we can justify to ourselves and others."
Lehrer, Keith
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"Truth requires courage to speak and humility to hear."
Lehrer, Keith
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"If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything."
BonJour, Laurence
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"There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you."
BonJour, Laurence
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"The truth will set you free."
BonJour, Laurence
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"Honesty is the best policy."
BonJour, Laurence