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We are in a far better position to observe instincts in animals or in primitives than in ourselves. This is due to the fact that we have grown accustomed to scrutinizing our own actions and to seeking rational explanations for them.

~Carl Jung

Topics: Accustomed Actions Animals Better Due Explanations Fact Far Grown Instincts Observe Our Ourselves Own Position Rational Seeking Than Them

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Bigotry has always been the poison of America, and we oughta do everything to eradicate it with no excuses or explanations.

~Chuck Schumer

Topics: Always America Been Eradicate Everything Excuses Explanations Poison

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What I don't like so much is to give explanations about people's behaviour... I'm not interested in making conclusions. I would never think about myself or anyone else, 'Well, this happened, this happened, this happened, so this must be the result.' It doesn't work like that with me.

~Claire Denis

Topics: About Anyone Anyone Else Behaviour Conclusions Else Explanations Give Happened Interested Like Making Me Much Must Myself Never Not Interested People Result Think Well Work Would

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Science is objective. And in my view we cannot take any experimental results seriously except in the light of good explanations of them.

~David Deutsch

Topics: Any Cannot Except Experimental Explanations Good Light Objective Results Science Seriously Take Them View We Cannot

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The truly privileged theories are not the ones referring to any particular scale of size or complexity, nor the ones situated at any particular level of the predictive hierarchy, but the ones that contain the deepest explanations.

~David Deutsch

Topics: Any Complexity Contain Deepest Explanations Hierarchy Level Nor Particular Privileged Referring Scale Size Theories Truly

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The overwhelming majority of theories are rejected because they contain bad explanations, not because they fail experimental tests.

~David Deutsch

Topics: Bad Because Contain Experimental Explanations Fail Majority Overwhelming Rejected Tests Theories

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Where we have good, testable explanations, they then have to be tested, and we drop the ones that fail the tests.

~David Deutsch

Topics: Drop Explanations Fail Good Tested Tests Then Where

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And let me take one of the explanations most commonly given: Analysts were pressured to reach conclusions that would fit the political agenda of one or another administration. I deeply think that is a wrong explanation.

~David Kay

Topics: Administration Agenda Analyst Another Commonly Conclusions Deeply Explanation Explanations Fit Given Me Most Political Political Agenda Pressured Reach Take Think Were Would Wrong

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The more you know about Bob Dylan, the less you know. A truly enigmatic artist, Mr. Dylan's work and life offer vaporous handholds, explanations, and instructions. Attempt to grasp them, and they will only dissipate and re-form into another contexture or idea.

~David Means

Topics: About Another Artist Attempt Bob Bob Dylan Dissipate Dylan Enigmatic Explanations Grasp Idea Instructions Know Less Life More Offer Only Them Truly Will Work You Mr

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The Left has always sought single, non-values-based explanations for human behavior.

~Dennis Prager

Topics: Always Behavior Explanations Human Human Behavior Left Single Sought

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