If we bother with facts at all—and Thomas Edison said in all seriousness, “There is no expedient to which a man will not resort to avoid the labour of thinking”—if we bother with facts at all, we hunt like bird dogs after the facts that bolster up what we already think—and ignore all the others! We want only the facts that justify our acts—the facts that fit in conveniently with our wishful thinking and justify our preconceived prejudices!
