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Thought For the Day: We Only Think That Our Opponents Are Dogmatic! We All Need Criticism. Criticism Is the Only Antidote To Error
“Learn to control ego. Humans hold their dogmas and biases too tightly, and we only think that our opponents are dogmatic! But we all need criticism. Criticism is the only known antidote to error.” – David Brin
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First Principles: It Has Been A Source of Great Pain To Me To Have Met With So Many Among My Opponents Who Had Not the Liberality To Distinguish Between Political and Social Opposition
“It has been a source of great pain to me to have met with so many among [my] opponents who had not the liberality to distinguish between political and social opposition; who transferred at once to the person, the hatred … Continue reading
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Tagged Distinguish, First Principles, Great Pain, Hatred, Liberality, Met, Opponents, Person, Political, Political Opinion, Social Oppoition, Source, Thomas Jefferson, Transfer
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First Principles: It Has Been A Source of Great Pain To Me To Have Met With So Many Among My Opponents Who Had Not the Liberality To Distinguish Between Political and Social Opposition
“It has been a source of great pain to me to have met with so many among [my] opponents who had not the liberality to distinguish between political and social opposition; who transferred at once to the person, the hatred … Continue reading
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First Principles: Be Leery of Transferring Political Disagreements Into Personal Hatred
“It has been a source of great pain to me to have met with so many among [my] opponents who had not the liberality to distinguish between political and social opposition; who transferred at once to the person, the hatred … Continue reading
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Thought of the Day: To Hold That Argument May Be Won By Force Is To Admit the Right To Silence People By Force
“If you admit that to silence your opponent by force is to win an intellectual argument, then you admit the right to silence people by force.” – Hans Eysenck (1916-1997)
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First Principles: Separation Between Politics and Personalities
“It’s been a great source of pain to me to have met with so many among [my] opponents who have not had the liberality to distinguish between political and social opposition; who transferred at once to the person, the hatred … Continue reading
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