“'Type one' error is thinking that something special is happening when nothing special really is happening. 'Type two' error is thinking that nothing special is happening, when in fact something rare or infrequent is happening.'” ThinkingTwoFactsSpecialTypeHappeningsErrorsSkepticismSomething Special Author:Marcello Truzzi
“We have an electorate that doesn't always pay that much attention to what's going on so people are influenced by a simple slogan rather than the facts or truth or what's happening.” PeopleFactsSimplePayAttentionHappeningsSlogansElectorate Author:John F. Kerry
“Don't Latin Americans have the right to ask why their elected governments are being opposed and coup leaders supported?.. Poverty and hardship in large parts of Africa are preventing this from happening. Don't they have the right to ask why their enormous wealth - including minerals - is being looted, despite the fact that they need it more than others?” NeedsFactsGovernmentAsksWealthLeaderPovertyHappeningsIncludingEnormousDespiteHardshipLatinLatin AmericaPreventingMineralsCoupsLatin American Author:Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
“Here was the astounding fact: the race did go forward; the race did achieve; and in every way the race grew better. Progress through irrational and astounding blunders, whose outrageousness bedwarfed the wildest cliches of romance, was what Kennaston found everywhere. All this, then, also was foreplanned, just as all happenings at Storisende had been, in his puny romance; and the puppets, here to, moved as they thought of their own volition, but really in order to serve a denouement in which many of them had not any personal part or interest...” WayFactsRomanceOrderFoundInterestRaceProgressAchieveGrewHappeningsMovedIrrationalClichePuppetsBlundersVolitionDenouement Author:James Branch Cabell
“Dogmas take endless forms, and when you can persuade different people to hold opposing dogmas, the manipulation of conflict and control through "divide and rule" becomes easy. It is happening today in the same way - more so, in fact - as it has throughout human history.” PeopleWayHumansDifferentFactsTodayFormEasyConflictHappeningsEndlessManipulationDividesDogmaHuman HistoryDifferent PeoplesOpposing Book:--and the Truth Shall Set You Free Source: --and the Truth Shall Set You Free
“We can no longer ignore the stupidity of the hits that are still happening today despite the fact that the players know the concussion aspect is such a big part of the game and sports in general.” KnowsStillsFactsBigsTodayGamesSportsPlayerHappeningsAspectStupidityDespiteNhlConcussionsSports In General Author:Jeremy Roenick
“The goal is to keep the bewildered herd bewildered. It's unnecessary for them to trouble themselves with what's happening in the world. In fact, it's undesirable - if they see too much of reality they may set themselves to change it.” IfsWorldMayFactsRealityGoalToo MuchTroubleHappeningsUnnecessaryHerdsBewilderedUndesirable Book:How the World Works Source: How the World Works