"The idea that we should check on our unreflective belief acquisition sounds great, but we need to know whether the processes of reflection which we put to work serves to improve our reliability or not."

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Source : Source: www.3ammagazine.com

Hilary Kornblith

#Reflection Quotes #Ideas Quotes #Sound Quotes

“I'm the fussiest eater on earth; my husband despairs. I like chicken and pasta, and can't resist milk chocolate. I figure if you're going to do something naughty, make it really enjoyable.”
“The office of presbyters is a permanent one.”
“Birds are an ecological litmus paper.”
“Above the clouds I lift my wing To hear the bells of Heaven ring; Some of their music, though my fights be wild, To Earth I bring; Then let me soar and sing!”
“Don't get me wrong-I'm very thankful for all the aliens I've met and loved.”
“Afghanistan will be a brother of Pakistan. Afghanistan will never betray a brother”
“By becoming a conscious choice-maker, you begin to generate actions that are evolutionary for you.”
“If you go on TV and say there's no other country in the world where you can be born poor and become rich, you get a huge megaphone. If you tell the truth, which is that most of the studies show actually the United States is worse than anybody except Britain in upward mobility, there is no audience for you.”

Source : Michelle Alexander (2013). “The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness”, p.6, The New Press

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