“Man’s mind is so formed that it is far more susceptible to falsehood than to truth.”~Desiderius Erasmus Dutch humanist, Christian theologian, and philosopher Desiderius Erasmus was born on this day in c. 1466.
“Man’s mind is so formed that it is far more susceptible to falsehood than to truth.”~Desiderius Erasmus Dutch humanist, Christian theologian, and philosopher Desiderius Erasmus was born on this day in c. 1466.
“Truth is so obscure in these times, and falsehood so established, that, unless we love the truth, we cannot know it.”~Blaise Pascal French mathematician, physicist, inventor, philosopher, and Catholic writer Blaise Pascal was born on this day in 1623.
“A reliable way to make people believe in falsehoods is frequent repetition, because familiarity is not easily distinguished from truth. Authoritarian institutions and marketers have always known this fact.”~Daniel Kahneman Israeli-American psychologist Daniel Kahneman was born on this day in 1934.
A piece of my scattered mind.
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