the number who lived faithfully a hidden life

 

Joshua D Phillips

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The final lines of Middlemarch are some of the most powerful in all of literature. “But the effect of her being on those around her was incalculably diffusive: for the growing good of the world is partly dependent on unhistoric acts; and that things are not so ill with you and me as they might have been, is half owing to the number who lived faithfully a hidden life, and rest in unvisited tombs.” George Eliot, Middlemarch

no conception of evidence

 

"It is bad enough that so many people believe things without any evidence. What is worse is that some people have no conception of evidence and regard facts as just someone else's opinion." — Thomas Sowell

We question everybody

 

Joe Rogan Podcast News

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Reporter: "You're a lawyer and an activist. You're not a doctor or a scientist." RFK Jr: "Americans need to do their own research... there are experts on both sides saying the exact opposite of each other. Trusting the experts is a function of religion and totalitarianism... In democracy, we question everybody."

Ultimate sign of intelligence

 

Sahil Bloom

@SahilBloom

I’m increasingly convinced that the willingness to change your mind is the ultimate sign of intelligence. The most impressive people I know change their minds often in response to new information. It’s like a software update. The goal isn't to be right. It's to find the truth.