"What most human beings really want to attain is not knowledge, but certainty. Gaining real knowledge requires taking risks and keeping the mind open.but most people prefer to be reassured rather than to learn the complex and often unsettling truth about anything."
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- Most people prefer certainty to truth.
- What men really want is not knowledge but certainty. -- Bertrand Russell
- Most people exhibit what political scientists call "the conservatism
of the peasantry.
Don't lose what you've got. Don't change. Don't take a chance, because you might end up starving to death.... - The most elusive knowledge is self-knowledge, and it is usually acquired through solitude, rather than through interaction with others.
- Long's Notes
1) Always store beer in a dark place.
2) Any priest or shaman must be presumed guilty until proved innocent.... - Most people have a mind that's open by appointment only.
- In most professions and academic fields, imagination is more important than knowledge.
