Flickr Photos
If you appreciate my work, please buy me a coffee
$3.00
Tag Archives: Facts
First Principles: Facts Are Stubborn Things
“Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclination, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence.” – John Adams (1770)
Posted in First Principles
Tagged Alter, Dicatates, Evidence, Fact, Facts, First Principles, Inclinations, John Adams, Law, Passions, Stable, State of Facts, Stubborn Things, Whatever, Wishes
Leave a comment
Thought For the Day: If History Teaches Anything, It Teaches Self-Delusion In the Face of Unpleasant Facts Is Folly
“If history teaches anything, it teaches self-delusion in the face of unpleasant facts is folly.” – President Ronald Reagan (1911-2004)
Posted in Thought For the Day
Tagged Anything, Face, Facts, Folly, History, Self-Delusion, Teach, Thought For the Day, Unpleasant
Leave a comment
Bad Data Rejected
Bad Data Rejectedby Michael DoyleBad dataMay be big dataBut false is always untrueAnd should be rejectedWhen you call a strangerWho knows the dangerOf talking to a snooty pollsterOut to collect dataThat confirms opinions, not factsYou’re going to get skewThe results … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Bad Data, Bias, Call, Collect, Danger, Elected, Facts, False, Injected, Opinions, Pluralistic, Poetry and Poems, Politicians, Pollster, Realistic, Rejected, Results, Skew, Stranger, Untrue
Leave a comment
Thought For the Day: Too Often We Enjoy the Comfort of Opinion Without the Discomfort of Thought
“Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.” – John F. Kennedy
Posted in Thought For the Day
Tagged Cliche, Comfort, Discomfort, Enemy of Truth, Facts, Interpretations, John F. Kennedy, Lie, Myth, Opinion, Thought, Thought For the Day
Leave a comment
First Principles: Facts Are Stubborn Things
“Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclination, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence.” – John Adams (1770)
Posted in First Principles
Tagged Alter, Dictates, Evidence, Facts, First Principles, Inclination, John Adams, Passion, Stubbon, Wishes
Leave a comment
Thought For the Day: In the United States There Is No Phenomenon More Threatening To Popular Government Than the Unwillingness of Newspapers To Give the Facts To Their Readers
“In the United States there is no phenomenon more threatening to popular government than the unwillingness of newspapers to give the facts to their readers.” – Nelson Antrim Crawford (1888-1963)
First Principles: Facts Are Stubborn Things
“Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclination, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence.” – John Adams (1770)
Posted in First Principles
Tagged Alter, Dictates, Facts, Facts and Evidence, First Principles, Inclination, John Adams, Our Wishes, Passion, State, Stubborn Things
Leave a comment
First Principles: Facts Are Stubborn Things; and Whatever May Be Our Wishes, Our Inclination, or the Dictates of Our Passions, They Cannot Alter the State of Facts and Evidence
“Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclination, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence.” – John Adams (1770)
Posted in First Principles
Tagged Alter, Dictates, Evidence, Facts, First Principles, Inclination, John Adams, Passions, State of Facts, Stubborn Things, Wishes
Leave a comment
First Principals: Whatever May Be Our Wishes, Our Inclination or the Dictates of Our Passions, They Cannot Alter the States of Facts and Evidence
“Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclination, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence.” – John Adams (1770)
Posted in First Principles
Tagged Alter, Dictates, Evidence, Facts, First Pinciples, Inclination, John Adams, Passions, State of Facts, Stubborn Things, Wishes
Leave a comment