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“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.”

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Author:Steven Novella

“The bulk of the totalitarian-minded in the democratic societies are men and women who are attracted to this destructive way of life for inner emotional reasons unknown to themselves.”

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Author:Joost Meerloo

“Don't be afraid of being emotional. You won't die of it.”

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Book:Looking Back

Source: Looking Back

“The "Creed of Christendom" is alien to my nature, both emotional and intellectual.”

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Book:An Autobiography: By Herbert Spencer

Source: An Autobiography: By Herbert Spencer

“There are, however, exceptions to this reliance on feelings as evidence of truth: if, for instance, your feelings lead to disbelief instead of belief, they're apt to be dismissed as some form of denial. This is not a common problem. Usually intellectualism, not feeling reality, is blamed for disbelief. But, some angel experts suggest, there may be emotional as well as intellectual barriers to belief: unwillingness to believe in angels can reflect low self-esteem.”