“The scientific method is designed to help investigators overcome the most entrenched human cognitive habit: the confirmation bias, the tendency to notice and remember evidence that confirms our beliefs or decisions, and to ignore, dismiss, or forget evidence that is discrepant. That's why we are all inclined to stick to a hypothesis we believe in. Science is one way of forcing us, kicking and screaming if necessary, to modify our views.” IfsWayBelieveHumansHelpingRememberBeliefDecisionForgetViewsHabitEvidenceOvercomingMethodSticksTendenciesOne WayBiasHypothesisKickingCognitiveScientific MethodConfirmationInvestigators Author:Carol Tavris
“Prosecutors tend to love conspiracy charges because the rules of evidence are easier, meaning you can get more in to help prove a crime.” HelpingCrimeEasierProveEvidenceConspiracyProsecutor Author:David Shuster
“In 1995, we had evidence of the brother-in-law of Osama bin Laden being in the Philippines, living in the Philippines. We had evidence of front organizations set up in the Philippines. And we uncovered evidence about, which would help the U.S. with - about the perpetuators of the World Trade Center bombing.” WorldHelpingLawFrontsBrotherEvidenceOrganizationTradeIn-lawsBin LadenBombingOsama Bin LadenPhilippinesWorld TradeWorld Trade CenterBrother In Law Author:Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
“Evidence of defendants' lavish lifestyles is often used to provide a motive for fraud. Jurors sometimes wonder why an executive making tens of millions of dollars would cheat to make even more. Evidence of habitual gluttony helps provide the answer.” SometimesHelpingUsedAnswersWonderMillionsEvidenceDollarsLifestyleMotiveExecutivesFraudCheatHabitualGluttonyJurorsLavish Lifestyle Author:Alex Berenson
“Even if you are planning a birth with an epidural, the evidence suggests that a doula can help make things go much more smoothly.” IfsHelpingBirthEvidencePlanningDoulasEpidurals Author:Emily Oster
“There are lots of people who believe there may be at least some genetic component to procrastination, and even if there isn't, it seems to be the case that procrastination habits are often set relatively early in life (that's certainly the case with me). But I also think that there's lots of evidence that external tools can help quite a bit in getting people to stop procrastinating.” PeopleIfsThinkingBelieveMayHelpingSeemsBitsCasesHabitEvidenceToolsProcrastinationComponentsProcrastinating Author:James Surowiecki
“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
“There is an idea that a mind is wasted on the arts unless it makes you good in math or science. There is some evidence that the arts might help you in math and science.” MindArtIdeasHelpingMightEvidenceMathMath And Science Author:Wynton Marsalis
“There is also evidence from epidemiological studies that psychotic-like experiences are much more common than has hitherto been thought (with about 10% of the population affected) and that these experiences exist on continua with healthy or 'normal' functioning: instead of the world falling into two groups (the psychotic and the non-psychotic) people vary in their disposition to psychosis and only a minority of people who have these experiences require or seek help.” PeopleWorldTwoHelpingFallCommonStudyGroupsHealthyNormalEvidencePopulationMinoritiesAffectedDispositionVaryPsychoticPsychosis Author:Richard Bentall
“Most people have a hard time confronting their weaknesses in a really straightforward, evidence-based way. They also have problems speaking frankly to others. Some people love knowing about their weaknesses and mistakes and those of others because it helps them be so much better, while others can't stand it.” PeopleWayHardHelpingProblemMistakeKnowingWeaknessEvidenceHard TimesStraightforwardConfronting Author:Ray Dalio
“The importance of elections, transparency, legal procedures, an independent army, and the judicial system is not regarded as highly in China. These core values are the most important evidence of the health of a society, quality of life, and security. A clear understanding of such differences will help the rest of the world understand China and all that is happening to the nation.” WorldImportantHelpingValuesNationsUnderstandingDifferencesQualityClearSecurityHappeningsEvidenceImportanceArmyIndependentElectionChinaCoreProceduresQuality Of LifeTransparencyJudicialCore ValuesJudicial System Author:Ai Weiwei
“I remember my parents yelling at each other and at me from an early age, and I remember a lot of things smashing. I try to look for the happy memories from the brief time my parents were married, and I can't really recall that. From the start things were messed up, and I just kept moving through the years and trying to pick out the little bits of evidence that would help me prove to myself that it wasn't my doing. But it took finding out somebody really does love me, who's not my parents or a relative, to really know that I was loveable.” KnowsTryingYearsLooksLittlesDoeI CanHelpingAgeRememberMovingBitsParentMemoriesProveFindingsMarriedLittle BitPicksEvidenceHelp MeRelativeRecallsYellingMessed UpThrough The YearsSmashingHappy Memories Author:Jason Diamond
“I do not see Russia as a friend of the United States in any form or fashion. Are there some things that we might be able to work together on? Sure. We certainly haven't seen evidence of their desire to fight terrorism with us. I mean, we see them kill civilians, and you know, help Syrian President Bashar Assad concentrate more fully his power.” MeanHelpingTogetherDesireFightingPresidentFashionEvidenceTerrorismWorking Together Author:Bob Corker
“Archaeological evidence provides significant help in interpreting the Gospels. In a sense, archaeology is an exegetical tool. To ignore the evidence of archaeology would be almost as irresponsible as making no appeal to the original text. The archaeological evidence is a vital component in the context of Scripture.” HelpingEvidenceScriptureSignificantArchaeology Author:Craig A. Evans
“There are many cases in which gifted children have done great things without special school programs. There are also gifted kids who have been to special schools and achieved nothing that has benefited the world as a whole. Without solid evidence, I have no confidence that funding school programs for the intellectually gifted would do more good than the most cost-effective programs to help people in extreme poverty.” PeopleWorldChildrenDoneHelpingKidsSchoolPovertySpecialEvidenceProgramGreat ThingsNo Confidence Author:Peter Singer
“Most Iranians are sick and tired of revolutions. They've had one for the last 25 years, and they don't want another one. Those who've tried to spark another revolution have failed time and again. I don't think there's any evidence that somehow, if the U.S. gave these guys the high sign, it would make regime change somehow more likely. Every time the U.S. has tried to interfere in Iranian affairs to help a particular group of Iranians, it's backfired on us, and hurt the group we tried to help.” ThinkingHelpingGuyHurtRevolutionEvidenceSickTiredAffairInterfereIranian Author:Kenneth M. Pollack
“All the evidence shows very clearly that if you are a member of a trade union you are likely to get better pay, more equal pay, better health and safety, more chance to get training, more chance to have conditions of work that help if you have caring responsibilities ... the list goes on!” IfsHelpingShowsChancePayResponsibilityConditionsGoes OnEqualMembersTrainingEvidenceSafetyTradeUnionsCaringListsGet BetterEqual PayTrade UnionsHealth And Safety Author:Frances O'Grady
“As I drift back into sleep, I can't help thinking that it's a wonderful thing to be right about the world. To weigh the evidence, always incomplete, and correctly intuit the whole, to see the world in a grain of sand, to recognize its beauty, its simplicity, its truth. It's as close as we get to God in this life, and reside in the glow of such brief flashes of understanding, fully awake, sometimes for two or three seconds, at peace with our existence. And then back to sleep we go.” ThinkingWorldI CanTwoSometimesWholeHelpingThreeUnderstandingSleepExistenceWonderfulEvidenceSimplicityThis LifeAwakeSandSecondsGrainFlashWonderful ThingsIncompleteGrains Of Sand Author:Richard Russo
“The world is not moved by love or actions that are of human creation. And the church is not empowered to live differently from any other gathering of people without the Holy Spirit. But when believers live in the power of the Spirit, the evidence in their lives is supernatural. The church cannot help but be different, and the world cannot help but notice.” PeopleWorldHumansDifferentHelpingActionLife IsSpiritChurchCreationHolyEvidenceMovedBelieverHoly SpiritGatheringEmpowered Book:The Francis Chan Collection: Crazy Love, Forgotten God, Erasing Hell, and Multiply Source: The Francis Chan Collection: Crazy Love, Forgotten God, Erasing Hell, and Multiply
“The problems come when it's time to put our faith in things other than the Lord. There's no doubt that other people can be tricky. But once again, it's all about listening to your heart. That don't mean you should ignore what your head's telling you. But your heart will do a much better job of helping you figure out who's good and who ain't. Who deserves your faith, and who doesn't. If you judge solely by evidence, you could wind up making some big mistakes.” PeopleIfsShouldHeartMeanHelpingProblemBigsJobsMistakeLordDoubtFiguresJudgingWindListeningEvidenceDeserveNo DoubtTrickyListen To Your HeartBetter JobsBig Mistake Author:Kirsten Miller
“Mathematics had never had more than a secondary interest for him ; and even logic he cared for chiefly as a means of clearing the ground of doctrines imagined to be proved, by showing that the evidence on which they were supposed to rest had no tendency to prove them. But he had been endeavouring to give a more active and positive help than this to the cause of what he deemed pure religion.” GivingMeanHelpingScienceCausesInterestPureHusbandProveEvidenceLogicMathematicsActiveDoctrineTendenciesClearing Author:Mary Everest Boole
“I want to be a jazzman until the day I die. To help keep that motion, momentum and movement going, for myself, for my students, for the people who hear me. Oh sure, some days you look around at this country and look at the evidence and think, Oh Lord, don't look good. But you keep moving. You gotta keep moving.” PeopleThinkingWantLooksCountryHelpingMovingSuccessDiesLordMovementStudentsEvidenceKeep MovingMomentum Author:Cornel West
“To be guilty of the sin of prayerlessness is to be guilty of the worst form of practical atheism. It is actually saying we can get along without His help while the evidence is very clear on every hand that we cannot. Could it be that the sin of prayerlessness steams from our unbelief that he is a living God who exercises direct influence on the affairs of men?” MenHelpingHandsFormPrayerSinClearAtheismInfluenceWorstExerciseEvidenceDirectAffairPracticalsGuiltySteamUnbelief Author:Bruce Willis
“Tainting the Tea Party movement with the charge of racism is proving to be an effective strategy for Democrats. There's no evidence that Tea Party adherence are any more racist than other Republicans and indeed many other Americans. But getting them to spend their time purging their ranks and having candidates distance themselves should help Democrats in November, having one's opponent rebut charges of racism is far better than discussing joblessness.” ShouldHelpingWinningPartyMovementRepublicanProveRacismEvidenceStrategyDistanceDemocratTeaOpponentsCandidatesRacistJoblessnessNovemberDiscussingTea PartyPurgingTea Party Movement Author:Mary Frances Berry