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“Scientific criticism has no nobler task than to shatter false beliefs.”

Belief Atheism Tasks Criticism

Author:Ludwig von Mises

“Belief may be a regrettably unavoidable biological weakness to be kept under the control of criticism: but commitment is for Popper an outright crime.”

May Belief Crime Regret Weakness Commitment Criticism

Author:Imre Lakatos

“Dad has always been - and still is - a great influence on me. He has always stood up for spirit, staying true to his beliefs... and I like to do the same with regard to my own true beliefs, regardless of potential criticism or mockery.”

Stills Spirit Belief My Own Influence Dad Criticism Regard Staying Mockery Stay True Stood Up Great Influence

Author:Linus Roache

“The best defense against a powerful and positive dynamic ideology is neither verbal attack nor criticism, which are useful, but to set up an equally powerful and dynamic ideology against it.”

Belief Powerful Criticism Defense Ideology

Book:European spring

Source: European spring

“I think that a society cannot live without a certain number of irrational beliefs. They are protected from criticism and analysis because they are irrational.”

Thinking Certain Belief Numbers Criticism Analysis Protected Irrational Irrational Beliefs

Author:Claude Levi-Strauss

“It is the long term investor who will in practice come in for the most criticism. For it is the essence of his behaviour that he should be eccentric, unconventional and rash in the eyes of the average opinion. If he is successful, that will only confirm the general belief in his rashness; and if in the short run he is unsuccessful, which is very likely, he will not receive much mercy. Worldly wisdom teaches that it is better for reputation to fail conventionally than to succeed unconventionally.”

“Part of what being a great founder is, is being both able to hold the belief, to think about where it is you want to be doing and want to be going, but also be smart enough that you are essentially listening to criticism, negative feedback, competitive entries.”

Thinking Want Enough Able Belief Listening Smart Negative Criticism Founders Feedback Entry Being Smart Negative Feedback

Author:Reid Hoffman

“Although many things can be said in criticism of religious faith, there is no discounting its power. Millions among us, even now, are quite willing to die for our unjustified beliefs, and millions more, it seems, are willing to kill for them.”

Said Seems Faith Dies Belief Religious Millions Willing Criticism Religious Faith Willing To Die Unjustified

Book:The End of Faith: Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason

Source: The End of Faith: Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason

“The most laughable White House criticism is that tax cuts are a 'free lunch.' The American people's work created that money. Only in Washington could there be a belief that letting people keep more of what they create is a giveaway.”

People Political House Politics Belief White Cutting Taxes Criticism White House Lunch Tax Cuts Laughable Free Lunch

Author:Steve Forbes