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“... everybody needed the witches, but hated the fact that they did, and somehow the hatred of the fact could become the hatred of the person.”
― I Shall Wear Midnight
― I Shall Wear Midnight
“The best description of motivated reasoning I’ve ever seen comes from psychologist Tom Gilovich. When we want something to be true, he said, we ask ourselves, “Can I believe this?,” searching for an excuse to accept it. When we don’t want something to be true, we instead ask ourselves, “Must I believe this?,” searching for an excuse to reject it.4”
― The Scout Mindset: The Perils of Defensive Thinking and How to Be Right More Often
― The Scout Mindset: The Perils of Defensive Thinking and How to Be Right More Often
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Max’s 2025 Year in Books
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