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