Quotes About Truth

Pero los humanos tenemos talento para engañarnos a nosotros mismos. El escepticismo debe ser un componente de la caja de herramientas del explorador, en otro caso nos perderemos en el camino. El espacio tiene maravillas suficientes sin tener que inventarlas.

El secreto, con pocas excepciones, es profundamente incompatible con la democracia y la ciencia.

Our psychological predispositions pros or cons must not misleads us. All that matters is the evidence, and the evident is not in.

science to forge a potent partnership against pseudo-science.

There is the possibility for religion and science to forge a potent partnership against pseudo-science.

La idea general de una aplicación democrática del escepticismo es que todo el mundo debería tener las herramientas esenciales para valorar eficaz y constructivamente las afirmaciones de conocimiento

Una señal inequívoca del amor a la verdad —escribía John Locke en 1690—, es no mantener ninguna proposición con mayor seguridad de la que garantizan las pruebas en las que se basa.» En el tema de los ovnis, ¿cuál es la fuerza de las pruebas?

Finding the occasional straw of truth awash in a great ocean of confusion and bamboozle requires vigilance, dedication, and courage. But if we don't practice these tough habits of thought, we cannot hope to solve the truly serious problems that face us - and we risk becoming a nation of suckers, a world of suckers, up for grabs by the next charlatan who saunters along.

I have not the qualifications for teaching my philosophy of life. I have barely qualifications for practicing the philosophy I believe. I am but a poor struggling soul yearning to be Ã¢â'¬Â¦ wholly truthful and wholly nonviolent in thought, word and deed, but ever failing to reach the ideal.

True memories seemed like phantoms, while false memories were so convincing that they replaced reality. GABRIEL GARCÍA MÁRQUEZ, Strange Pilgrims (1992)

In] everyday life, it is very rare that we are confronted with new facts about events of long ago. Our memories are almost never challenged. They can, instead, be frozen in place, no matter how flawed they are, or become a work in continual artistic revision.

For what a man had rather were true he more readily believes.

The obvious is sometimes false; the unexpected is sometimes true.

And therefore I would say that the first thing to do is to realize that governments, all governments, at least on occasion, lie. And some of them do it all the time - some of them do it only every second statement - but, by and large, governments distort the facts in order to remain in office.

la certeza absoluta siempre se nos escapará.

We worry, and for good reason, about adults who still believe in Santa Clause.

En la ciencia no hay preguntas prohibidas, no hay temas demasiado sensibles o delicados para ser explorados, no hay verdades sagradas.

La ausencia de pruebas no es prueba de ausencia.

Better by far to embrace the hard truth than a reassuring fable

We can judge our progress by the courage of our questions and our willingness to embrace what's true rather than what feels good.

Um dragão que cospe fogo pelas ventas vive na minha garagem - O Mundo assombrado pelos demônios.

Knowledge is preferable to ignorance. Better by far to embrace the hard truth than a reassuring fable.

Absence Of Evidence Is Not Evidence Of Absence

There are some people who can receive a truth by no other way than to have their understanding shocked and insulted