“You can't. Do you hear me? You think you've figured something out? You run over here so pleased with yourself because you changed your mind. Now you're certain. You're so... sloppy. You don't know anything. The book, the math, the dates, the writing, all that stuff you decided with your buddies, it's just evidence. It doesn't finish the job. It doesn't prove anything.” ThinkingKnowsWritingMindBookRunningJobsCertainStuffChangedProveEvidenceDecidedLogicMathCertaintyUncertaintyReasoningBuddyOntologySloppyYou Changed Author:David Auburn
“I know friends of mine who have never changed their mind about anything in their lives, despite evidence from all directions. And I think if you can keep an open mind and some understanding, that helps you stay young.” IfsThinkingKnowsMindHelpingYoungUnderstandingChangedMinesEvidenceDespiteNever ChangeOpen MindKeep An Open Mind Author:Dick Van Dyke
“If any influential nation had the great spiritual strength to lay down its arms and appear with clean hands before the world, the world would be changed. I see no evidence that any influential nations has such great spiritual strength and courage. Therefore disarmament will be a slow process, motivated by the wish to survive.” IfsWorldHandsWould BeSpiritualNationsWishProcessChangedArmsEvidenceLaysCleanMotivatedInfluentialDisarmamentGreat SpiritualSpiritual StrengthClean Hands Book:Peace Pilgrim: Her Life and Work in Her Own Words Source: Peace Pilgrim: Her Life and Work in Her Own Words
“For a time, people were getting arrested for photographing the Brooklyn Bridge. So to me, what it meant to do photography also changed. There was a new kind of politics to it - something that was very aggressive and dangerous - and a presumption that it would reveal some kind of truth or evidence.” PeopleKindDangerousChangedPhotographyEvidenceBridgesAggressiveArrestedBrooklynPresumptionBrooklyn Bridge Author:Trevor Paglen
“Whatever my current beliefs are, on any topic, they're all open to being changed by the right facts and the right evidence.” FactsBeliefChangedEvidenceCurrentsTopics Author:Ramez Naam
“Now everyone has eyes, and now everyone has evidence. That's really changed how we tell the news and what we get from it.” EyeChangedNewsEvidence Author:Trevor Noah
“DNI director [James] Clapper said as much many, many times, that there is no evidence that any outcome of the election was changed.” SaidChangedDirectorsEvidenceElectionOutcomes Author:John Lewis