Will Storr Quotes

#1. I know that I am not right about everything, and yet I am simultaneously convinced that I am. I believe these two things completely, and yet they are in catastrophic logical opposition to each other.

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#2. Intelligence is no protection against strange beliefs.

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#3. we go through our social lives convinced that everything we are saying, doing and feeling is being closely examined by those around us even though, in reality, they are all preoccupied with themselves, equally convinced the spotlight is on them.

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#4. We build our understanding of the emotional world through the myths and legends of our culture. We are all, in part, made of fairy tales.

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#5. the only thing necessary to trigger tribal behaviour in humans is the creation of two completely arbitrary groups. Leave them alone in a room and watch it all begin:

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#6. We typically have a bias that tells us we are less susceptible to bias than everyone else.

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#7. Exposure to a mixed body of evidence made both sides even more convinced of the fundamental soundness of their original beliefs.' Confirmation bias is profoundly human and it is appalling. When new information leads to an increase in ignorance, it is the opposite of learning, the death of wisdom.

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