Whereas non-scientific (and potentially dangerous) thinking starts with a premise and then looks for things that support it, … - Derren Brown

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Venezuela has gone from being a democratic country 15 years ago to being totally not a democracy today. Usually that de-democratization doesn't take the form of a heavy handed police state.

Derren Brown

Whereas non-scientific (and potentially dangerous) thinking starts with a premise and then looks for things that support it, scientific thinking constantly tries to disprove itself. That alone makes all the difference in the world.

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There are things in your life which you are in control of, and those you're not. You need to not care about those things which you're not in control of, and when you come to really understand that, you can go from being really upset about something to that lovely feeling of being a kid where everything is okay.

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Each of us is leading a difficult life, and when we meet people we are seeing only a tiny part of the thinnest veneer of their complex, troubled existences. To practise anything other than kindness towards them, to treat them in any way save generously, is to quietly deny their humanity.

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We're terrible at realising what goes on in other people's heads because we are trapped inside our own.

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Have your cake and eat it. . . there's no other reason to have a cake

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I control the conditions so my testers become my testees.

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