“New opinions often appear first as jokes and fancies, then as blasphemies and treason, then as questions open to discussion, and finally as established truths.” – George Bernard Shaw
“I have learned the novice can often see things that the expert overlooks. All that is necessary is not to be afraid of making mistakes or of appearing naive.”
– Abraham Maslow
“The most common lie is that which one lies to himself; lying to others is relatively an exception.”
– Friedrich Nietzsche
“I am quite sure now that often, very often, in matters concerning religion and politics a man’s reasoning powers are not above the monkey’s.”
- Mark Twain
My response to CellularScale.blogspot.com about a post titled, What is up with the “Dopamine Project.”
Straw Man Arguments is a popular dopamine game that employs a clever ploy — misrepresenting what was said. The objective is to “win” disputes by questioning, disproving, dismissing, trivializing, mocking, being offended by, and/or objecting to what wasn’t said.
“Where your talents and the needs of the world cross lies your calling.” – Aristotle
The Semmelweis reflex is one reason it might take years until the information contained on this site is considered common knowledge.