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There are in fact two things, science and opinion; the former begets knowledge, the latter ignorance.

Hippocrates

Stichwörter: science knowledge opinion ignorance

Sì perché l'autorità dell'opinione di mille nelle scienze non val per una scintilla di ragione di un solo, sì perché le presenti osservazioni spogliano d'autorità i decreti de' passati scrittori, i quali se vedute l'avessero, avrebbono diversamente determinato.

For in the sciences the authority of thousands of opinions is not worth as much as one tiny spark of reason in an individual man. Besides, the modern observations deprive all former writers of any authority, since if they had seen what we see, they would have judged as we judge.

Galileo Galilei

Stichwörter: science reason judgment opinion authority observation

Do not think of knocking out another person's brains because he differs in opinion from you. It would be as rational to knock yourself on the head because you differ from yourself ten years ago.

Horace Mann

Stichwörter: intelligence knowledge opinion growth conflict

The great enemy of truth is very often not the lie--deliberate, contrived and dishonest--but the myth--persistent, persuasive and unrealistic. Too often we hold fast to the cliches of our forebears. We subject all facts to a prefabricated set of interpretations. We enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.

[Commencement Address at Yale University, June 11 1962]

John F. Kennedy

Stichwörter: truth lies thought opinion myth ideas

The smart way to keep people passive and obedient is to strictly limit the spectrum of acceptable opinion, but allow very lively debate within that spectrum....

Noam Chomsky

Stichwörter: opinion control 1998 acceptable-opinion debate limit lively-debate obedience obedient passive passivity

Stupidity is much the same all the world over. A stupid person's notions and feelings may confidently be inferred from those which prevail in the circle by which the person is surrounded. Not so with those whose opinions and feelings are an emanation from their own nature and faculties.

John Stuart Mill

Stichwörter: humor stupidity opinion open-minded true-to-life free-thought peers

...when two opposite points of view are expressed with equal intensity, the truth does not necessarily lie exactly halfway between them. It is possible for one side to be simply wrong.

Richard Dawkins

Stichwörter: truth dissent opinion

You can disagree with another person's opinions. You can disagree with their doctrines. You can't disagree with their experience.

Krista Tippett

Stichwörter: life religion opinion

To think that because those who wield power in society wield in the end that of government, therefore it is of no use to attempt to influence the constitution of the government by acting on opinion, is to forget that opinion is itself one of the greatest active social forces. One person with a belief is a social power equal to ninety-nine who have only interests.

John Stuart Mill

Stichwörter: power society belief democracy opinion government influence constitution