Steve

“If you’re asked whether you could possibly be mistaken about something and you say “No,” you might be affected by perception biases. If it is impossible, in your mind, for you to be wrong, then you have an inherently unscientific mindset and you likely won’t be able to uncover (or accept) the truth if it contradicts your opinion.”
― David G. McAfee, No Sacred Cows: Investigating Myths, Cults, and the Supernatural

“Psychologists tell us that when you abandon a mental task to attend to an interruption, your emotional and cognitive engagement with the main task immediately begins to decay, and the longer and more distracting the interruption, the harder it is to reverse this process. By”
― William Powers, Hamlet's BlackBerry: a practical philosophy for building a good life in the digital age

“Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.”
― David G. McAfee, No Sacred Cows: Investigating Myths, Cults, and the Supernatural

“peace. it does not mean to be in a place where there is no noise, trouble, or hard work. it means to be in the midst of those things and still be calm in your heart.”
― Lori Gottlieb, Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, Her Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed