“The newspapers at one time said that I was dead but after carefully examining the evidence I came to the conclusion that this statement was false.” SaidEvidenceNewspapersStatementsConclusionOne TimeExamining Book:An Inquiry into Meaning and Truth Source: An Inquiry into Meaning and Truth
“In examining the evidence of the Christian religion, it is essential to the discovery of truth that we bring to the investigation a mind freed, as far as possible, from existing prejudice, and open to conviction.” MindChristianEssentialsEvidenceDiscoveryPrejudiceConvictionInvestigationExamining Book:The Testimony of the Evangelists Source: The Testimony of the Evangelists
“When I first began examining the global-warming scare, I found nothing more puzzling than the way officially approved scientists kept on being shown to have finagled their data, as in that ludicrous "hockey stick" graph, pretending to prove that the world had suddenly become much hotter than at any time in 1,000 years. Any theory needing to rely so consistently on fudging the evidence, I concluded, must be looked on not as science at all, but as simply a rather alarming case study in the aberrations of group psychology.” WorldWayYearsFirstsFoundCasesStudyPsychologyGroupsTheoryProveEvidenceScientistSticksDataRelyGlobal WarmingHockeyPretendingScareConsistentlyApprovedExaminingAberrationPuzzlingHotterGraphsCase StudiesHockey Sticks Author:Christopher Booker
“Physicians had gone to their graves calling Pasteur a liar, a fool, or worse—without examining evidence which their “common sense” told them was impossible.” CommonGoneImpossibleFoolCallingEvidenceGravesCommon SenseLiarsPhysiciansExaminingPasteur Author:Robert A. Heinlein
“When examining evidence relevant to a given belief, people are inclined to see what they expect to see, and conclude what they expect to conclude. Information that is consistent with our pre-existing beliefs is often accepted at face value, whereas evidence that contradicts them is critically scrutinized and discounted. Our beliefs may thus be less responsive than they should to the implications of new information” PeopleShouldMindMayFacesValuesBeliefGivenInformationEvidenceAcceptedConsistentRelevantHuman BehaviorImplicationsExaminingNew InformationFace Value Book:How We Know What Isn't So Source: How We Know What Isn't So
“But more than 15 sections in Chapter 8 of the report-the key chapter setting out the scientific evidence for and against a human influence over the climate-were changed or deleted after the scientist charged with examining this question had accepted the supposedly final text.” HumansEnergyEnvironmentInfluenceChangedKeysEvidenceScientistClimateFinalsClimate ChangeAcceptedSettingSettingsReportsChaptersSectionsExaminingScientific Evidence Author:Frederick Seitz