## Metaveri Başlık: **Bertrand Russell: On Avoiding Foolish Opinions** Yazar: *Farnam Street* Kategori: #articles ## Altı Çizilenler - If the matter is one that can be settled by observation, make the observation yourself. - **If an opinion contrary to your own makes you angry, that is a sign that you are subconsciously aware of having no good reason for thinking as you do.** If some one maintains that two and two are five, or that Iceland is on the equator, you feel pity rather than anger, unless you know so little of arithmetic or geography that his opinion shakes your own contrary conviction. The most savage controversies are those about matters as to which there is no good evidence either way. Persecution is used in theology, not in arithmetic, because in arithmetic there is knowledge, but in theology there is only opinion. So whenever you find yourself getting angry about a difference of opinion, be on your guard; you will probably find, on examination, that your belief is going beyond what the evidence warrants. - A good way of ridding yourself of certain kinds of dogmatism is to become aware of opinions held in social circles different from your own. - For those who have enough psychological imagination, it is a good plan to imagine an argument with a person having a different bias. - Be very wary of opinions that flatter your self-esteem.