“In a fight between logic and your brain’s perception of the environment, your brain will win every time.” — Britt Frank, “Britt Frank on Getting Unstuck,” Curious Minds at Work
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“The man who has faith in logic is always cuckolded by reality.” — Alexander Theroux, Darconville’s Cat
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“All logical arguments can be defeated by the simple refusal to reason logically.” — Steven Weinberg, Dreams of a Final Theory
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“The instincts of man are so earth-bound that they shrewdly sense it whenever the approach of logic threatens them.” — William Barrett, Irrational Man
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“You can sway a thousand men by appealing to their prejudices quicker than you can convince one man by logic.” — Robert A. Heinlein, Revolt in 2100
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“Logic is a poor model of cause and effect.” — Gregory Bateson, Mind and Nature
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“Let’s set a precedent and try to approach this thing logically.” — T. A. Waters, The Probability Pad
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“Droll thing life is — that mysterious arrangement of merciless logic for a futile purpose.” — Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness
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“Every time you assume that others will be swayed by your logical argument, you’ve most likely made a significant, irrational mistake.” — Seth Godin, The rationality paradox
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“The very reason we need logic at all is because most reasoning is not conscious at all.” — Julian Jaynes, The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind
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