“Life is not an illogicality; yet it is a trap for logicians. It looks just a little more mathematical and regular than it is; its exactitude is obvious, but its inexactitude is hidden; its wildness lies in wait.” LifeLooksLittlesLife IsLyingWaitingObviousMathematicalTrapsWildnessExactitude Author:Gilbert K. Chesterton
“The chance is high that the truth lies in the fashionable direction. But, on the off-chance that it is in another direction - a direction obvious from an unfashionable view of field theory - who will find it? Only someone who has sacrificed himself by teaching himself quantum electrodynamics from a peculiar and unusual point of view; one that he may have to invent for himself.” MayLyingChanceViewsTeachingFieldsTheoryObviousPoint Of ViewPeculiarQuantumChances AreFashionable Author:Richard P. Feynman
“There are many other ways in which language can be used to manipulate an audience. one obvious way is to simply lie.” WayUsedLyingLanguageAudienceObviousManipulate Book:Propaganda and the Ethics of Persuasion - Second Edition Source: Propaganda and the Ethics of Persuasion - Second Edition
“When people are forced to remain silent when they are being told the most obvious lies, or even worse when they are forced to repeat the lies themselves, they lose once and for all their sense of probity. To assent to obvious lies is to co-operate with evil, and in some small way to become evil oneself. One's standing to resist anything is thus eroded, and even destroyed. A society of emasculated liars is easy to control.” PeopleWayLyingEvilForceEasyLosesSocietyLosingStandingSilentOneselfObviousSensesResistanceDestroyedRepeatsLiarsControlledCooperationResistingErodeProbity Author:Theodore Dalrymple