“Reiterating the belief that HIV is the cause of AIDS is an easy thing to do. Understanding the science and politics of the situation is much more complicated and requires study with a critical and open mind.” MindBeliefCausesEasyUnderstandingSituationStudyComplicatedCriticalAidsThings To DoOpen MindHivEasy Things Author:Nate Mendel
“Fiction seems to be more effective at changing beliefs than nonfiction, which is designed to persuade through argument and evidence. Studies show that when we read nonfiction, we read with our shields up. We are critical and skeptical. But when we are absorbed in a story, we drop our intellectual guard. We are moved emotionally, and this seems to make us rubbery and easy to shape.” StoriesShowsSeemsBeliefEasyFictionStudyShapesIntellectualEvidenceArgumentMovedCriticalNonfictionSkepticalShields Author:Jonathan Gottschall
“At this critical time, I am grateful to Sandra Bullock for once again demonstrating her leadership, compassion and belief in our global humanitarian mission. Sandra continues to enable our lifesaving work and is a model for personal generosity.” BeliefCompassionModelsGratefulMissionsCriticalHumanitarianGenerosityDemonstratingI Am Grateful Author:Sandra Bullock
“The fact is that much of advertising's power comes from this belief that advertising does not affect us. The most effective kind of propaganda is that which is not recognized as propaganda. Because we think advertising is silly and trivial, we are less on guard, less critical, than we might otherwise be. It's all in fun, it's ridiculous. While we're laughing, sometimes sneering, the commercial does its work.” ThinkingKindDoeSometimesFactsMightBeliefFunLaughingCriticalRidiculousSillyAdvertisingPropaganda Book:Can't Buy My Love: How Advertising Changes the Way We Think and Feel Source: Can't Buy My Love: How Advertising Changes the Way We Think and Feel
“Questioning our own motives, and our own process, is critical to a skeptical and scientific outlook. We must realize that the default mode of human psychology is to grab onto comforting beliefs for purely emotional reasons, and then justify those beliefs to ourselves with post-hoc rationalizations.” HumansReasonReligionBeliefProcessRealizingPsychologyAtheismEmotionalCriticalPostsMotiveJustifyQuestioningOutlookComfortingSkepticalDefault Author:Steven Novella
“No teaching that is not based on reason can be tolerated by critical minds, but the belief that an accident of blind force produces this highly organized world is far more fantastic than the theory that a Super Intelligence devised its ordered evolution.” WorldMindReasonUniverseBeliefForceTeachingProduceTheoryEvolutionBlindCriticalAccidentsFantasticOrganized Author:Alice Hegan Rice
“Yes, we've cut the maternal mortality rate in half, but far too many women are still denied critical access to reproductive health care and safe childbirth, and laws don't count for much if they're not enforced. Rights have to exist in practice - not just on paper. Laws have to be backed up with resources and political will. And deep-seated cultural codes, religious beliefs and structural biases have to be changed.” IfsStillsCareLawPoliticalBeliefReligiousHalfPracticeCuttingRightsChangedSafePaperResourcesRateCriticalAccessHealth CareCodeMortalityDeniedChildbirthReligious BeliefPolitical WillReproductive Health Author:Hillary Clinton
“The disasteris not the money, although the money will be missed. The disaster is the disrespect--this belief that the arts are dispensable, that they're not critical to a culture's existence.” ArtCulturePoliticsBeliefExistenceCriticalDisasterDisrespectDispensable Author:Twyla Tharp
“I think setting goals is critical; having deadlines for ourselves- how much by when? Too many people have these big dreams where they want to have a big house on the ocean. But until we say what ocean, how big, what day, our conscience doesn't know what to do with that information. A positive expectancy, a positive attitude, a belief that your dream is possible is also helpful.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWantDreamBigsHouseBeliefGoalAttitudeInformationOceanConscienceCriticalSettingSettingsYour DreamsPositive AttitudeHelpfulSetting GoalsDeadlineExpectancyBig Houses Author:Jack Canfield
“There's this belief that some things can be taken seriously in an intellectual way, while some things are only entertainment or only a commodity. Or there's some kind of critical consensus that some things are "good," and some things are garbage, throwaway culture. And I think the difference between them, in a lot of ways, is actually much less than people think. Especially when you get down to how they affect the audience.” PeopleThinkingWayKindCultureBeliefDifferencesAudienceTakenIntellectualEntertainmentCriticalCommodityGarbageConsensus Author:Chuck Klosterman
“Even though it runs counter to popular belief, Life's critical decisions are usually made in the heart and only later ratified by the brain.” HeartMadeRunningBeliefDecisionBrainCriticalCritical Decisions Author:Mardy Grothe