“There is an abundance of misinformation, exaggeration, and blatant lies being spread by interest groups regarding the prospects for embryonic stem cell research.” LyingInterestGroupsPerspectiveResearchSpreadCellsAbundanceStemExaggerationProspectsMisinformationStem CellInterest GroupsStem Cell ResearchEmbryonic Stem Cell ResearchEmbryonic Stem CellsExaggeration IsBlatant Lies Author:Virginia Foxx
“The facts of nature are what they are, but we can only view them through the spectacles of our mind. Our mind works largely by metaphor and comparison, not always (or often) by relentless logic. When we are caught in conceptual traps, the best exit is often a change in metaphor not because the new guideline will be truer to nature (for neither the old nor the new metaphor lies "out there" in the woods), but because we need a shift to more fruitful perspectives, and metaphor is often the best agent of conceptual transition.” NeedsMindFactsLyingViewsPerspectiveLogicMetaphorCaughtWoodsAgentsComparisonTransitionTrapsRelentlessExitGuidelinesSpectacles Book:Bully for Brontosaurus: Reflections in Natural History Source: Bully for Brontosaurus: Reflections in Natural History
“Good and evil and beauty and ugliness are only ornamental fruits of perspective, whose sole value lies in their linkage to what chance made our fathers think and feel, and whose finer details are different for every race and culture.” ThinkingFeelsMadeDifferentLyingValuesCultureEvilFatherChanceRacePerspectiveFruitDetailsGood And EvilSoleUglinessOur FatherLinkages Book:The Call of Cthulhu and Other Stories Source: The Call of Cthulhu and Other Stories
“This is my perspective and has always been my perspective on life: I have a very grim, pessimistic view of it. I always have, since I was a little boy. It hasn't gotten worse with age or anything. I do feel that it's a grim, painful, nightmarish, meaningless experience, and that the only way that you can be happy is if you tell yourself some lies and deceive yourself.” IfsWayFeelsLittlesAgeLyingViewsBoysPerspectivePainfulMeaninglessDeceivingLittle BoysGrimPessimistic Author:Woody Allen
“But the thing is, from the perspective of a novelist there is a brand of lying that feels more honest than the actual facts of an event. Lying as a way to move closer to the truth, or to illuminate ow something actually feels in a way the mere facts cannot.” WayFeelsFactsMovingLyingHonestEventsPerspectiveMereBrandsNovelists Author:Ron Currie Jr.