#intellectualhonesty — Public Fediverse posts
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The point is that we are all capable of believing things which we know to be untrue, and then, when we are finally proved wrong, impudently twisting the facts so as to show that we were right. Intellectually, it is possible to carry on this process for an indefinite time; the only check on it is that sooner or later a false belief bumps up against a solid reality, usually on a battlefield.
George Orwell (1903-1950) English journalist, essayist, writer [pseud. of Eric Arthur Blair]
Essay (1946-03-22), “In Front of Your Nose,” “As I Please” column, Tribune NewspaperMore about this quote: wist.info/orwell-george/29647/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #orwell #georgeorwell #belief #cognitivedissonance #confirmationbias #facefacts #facereality #facingfacts #honesty #intellectualhonesty #realitycheck #selectivememory #selfdeceit #selfdelusion #truth #unreliablenarrator
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The point is that we are all capable of believing things which we know to be untrue, and then, when we are finally proved wrong, impudently twisting the facts so as to show that we were right. Intellectually, it is possible to carry on this process for an indefinite time; the only check on it is that sooner or later a false belief bumps up against a solid reality, usually on a battlefield.
George Orwell (1903-1950) English journalist, essayist, writer [pseud. of Eric Arthur Blair]
Essay (1946-03-22), “In Front of Your Nose,” “As I Please” column, Tribune NewspaperMore about this quote: wist.info/orwell-george/29647/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #orwell #georgeorwell #belief #cognitivedissonance #confirmationbias #facefacts #facereality #facingfacts #honesty #intellectualhonesty #realitycheck #selectivememory #selfdeceit #selfdelusion #truth #unreliablenarrator
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The point is that we are all capable of believing things which we know to be untrue, and then, when we are finally proved wrong, impudently twisting the facts so as to show that we were right. Intellectually, it is possible to carry on this process for an indefinite time; the only check on it is that sooner or later a false belief bumps up against a solid reality, usually on a battlefield.
George Orwell (1903-1950) English journalist, essayist, writer [pseud. of Eric Arthur Blair]
Essay (1946-03-22), “In Front of Your Nose,” “As I Please” column, Tribune NewspaperMore about this quote: wist.info/orwell-george/29647/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #orwell #georgeorwell #belief #cognitivedissonance #confirmationbias #facefacts #facereality #facingfacts #honesty #intellectualhonesty #realitycheck #selectivememory #selfdeceit #selfdelusion #truth #unreliablenarrator
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The point is that we are all capable of believing things which we know to be untrue, and then, when we are finally proved wrong, impudently twisting the facts so as to show that we were right. Intellectually, it is possible to carry on this process for an indefinite time; the only check on it is that sooner or later a false belief bumps up against a solid reality, usually on a battlefield.
George Orwell (1903-1950) English journalist, essayist, writer [pseud. of Eric Arthur Blair]
Essay (1946-03-22), “In Front of Your Nose,” “As I Please” column, Tribune NewspaperMore about this quote: wist.info/orwell-george/29647/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #orwell #georgeorwell #belief #cognitivedissonance #confirmationbias #facefacts #facereality #facingfacts #honesty #intellectualhonesty #realitycheck #selectivememory #selfdeceit #selfdelusion #truth #unreliablenarrator
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The point is that we are all capable of believing things which we know to be untrue, and then, when we are finally proved wrong, impudently twisting the facts so as to show that we were right. Intellectually, it is possible to carry on this process for an indefinite time; the only check on it is that sooner or later a false belief bumps up against a solid reality, usually on a battlefield.
George Orwell (1903-1950) English journalist, essayist, writer [pseud. of Eric Arthur Blair]
Essay (1946-03-22), “In Front of Your Nose,” “As I Please” column, Tribune NewspaperMore about this quote: wist.info/orwell-george/29647/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #orwell #georgeorwell #belief #cognitivedissonance #confirmationbias #facefacts #facereality #facingfacts #honesty #intellectualhonesty #realitycheck #selectivememory #selfdeceit #selfdelusion #truth #unreliablenarrator
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What if “positivity” isn’t just a mood, but a constraint on thought? Looking at how enforced optimism flattens disagreement, discourages scrutiny, and quietly narrows what can be said—or even considered. When critique itself starts to feel like a violation, it’s not kindness winning out—it’s inquiry being sidelined.
https://gaggl.com/blogs/2026-04-13-the-tyranny-of-positivity/
#CriticalThinking #ToxicPositivity #IntellectualHonesty #brosphere #Culture #Fediverse #LongReads
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What if “positivity” isn’t just a mood, but a constraint on thought? Looking at how enforced optimism flattens disagreement, discourages scrutiny, and quietly narrows what can be said—or even considered. When critique itself starts to feel like a violation, it’s not kindness winning out—it’s inquiry being sidelined.
https://gaggl.com/blogs/2026-04-13-the-tyranny-of-positivity/
#CriticalThinking #ToxicPositivity #IntellectualHonesty #brosphere #Culture #Fediverse #LongReads
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What if “positivity” isn’t just a mood, but a constraint on thought? Looking at how enforced optimism flattens disagreement, discourages scrutiny, and quietly narrows what can be said—or even considered. When critique itself starts to feel like a violation, it’s not kindness winning out—it’s inquiry being sidelined.
https://gaggl.com/blogs/2026-04-13-the-tyranny-of-positivity/
#CriticalThinking #ToxicPositivity #IntellectualHonesty #brosphere #Culture #Fediverse #LongReads
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What if “positivity” isn’t just a mood, but a constraint on thought? Looking at how enforced optimism flattens disagreement, discourages scrutiny, and quietly narrows what can be said—or even considered. When critique itself starts to feel like a violation, it’s not kindness winning out—it’s inquiry being sidelined.
https://gaggl.com/blogs/2026-04-13-the-tyranny-of-positivity/
#CriticalThinking #ToxicPositivity #IntellectualHonesty #brosphere #Culture #Fediverse #LongReads
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If we want to build a future that is supremacy-, coercion-, discrimination-, and exploitation-FREE, we must confront the falseness of treating our individual perspectives as universal truth. Liberation requires more than what you believe, it requires collective acknowledgment of what is objectively real.
#MythOfWhiteSupremacy #TruthVsPerspective #KimCrayton #PWOCommunity #ProfitWithoutOppression #CollectiveLiberation #SystemsOfPower #IntellectualHonesty #AntiRacistPractice
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If we want to build a future that is supremacy-, coercion-, discrimination-, and exploitation-FREE, we must confront the falseness of treating our individual perspectives as universal truth. Liberation requires more than what you believe, it requires collective acknowledgment of what is objectively real.
#MythOfWhiteSupremacy #TruthVsPerspective #KimCrayton #PWOCommunity #ProfitWithoutOppression #CollectiveLiberation #SystemsOfPower #IntellectualHonesty #AntiRacistPractice
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If we want to build a future that is supremacy-, coercion-, discrimination-, and exploitation-FREE, we must confront the falseness of treating our individual perspectives as universal truth. Liberation requires more than what you believe, it requires collective acknowledgment of what is objectively real.
#MythOfWhiteSupremacy #TruthVsPerspective #KimCrayton #PWOCommunity #ProfitWithoutOppression #CollectiveLiberation #SystemsOfPower #IntellectualHonesty #AntiRacistPractice
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If we want to build a future that is supremacy-, coercion-, discrimination-, and exploitation-FREE, we must confront the falseness of treating our individual perspectives as universal truth. Liberation requires more than what you believe, it requires collective acknowledgment of what is objectively real.
#MythOfWhiteSupremacy #TruthVsPerspective #KimCrayton #PWOCommunity #ProfitWithoutOppression #CollectiveLiberation #SystemsOfPower #IntellectualHonesty #AntiRacistPractice
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If we want to build a future that is supremacy-, coercion-, discrimination-, and exploitation-FREE, we must confront the falseness of treating our individual perspectives as universal truth. Liberation requires more than what you believe, it requires collective acknowledgment of what is objectively real.
#MythOfWhiteSupremacy #TruthVsPerspective #KimCrayton #PWOCommunity #ProfitWithoutOppression #CollectiveLiberation #SystemsOfPower #IntellectualHonesty #AntiRacistPractice
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Hold Opponents Accountable
Make the enemy live up to its own rules to undermine credibility.
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#SaulAlinsky #Radicals #FirstPrinciples #ChangeManagement #accountability #credibility #integrity #IntellectualHonesty
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Hold Opponents Accountable
Make the enemy live up to its own rules to undermine credibility.
4/n
#SaulAlinsky #Radicals #FirstPrinciples #ChangeManagement #accountability #credibility #integrity #IntellectualHonesty
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Maintaining intellectual honesty in sociology is crucial. @SociologyMag offers a guide on how to achieve this: #IntellectualHonesty #Sociology https://sociologymag.com/academic-sociology/guides-how-tos/maintaining-intellectual-honesty-in-sociology/
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Maintaining intellectual honesty in sociology is crucial. @SociologyMag offers a guide on how to achieve this: #IntellectualHonesty #Sociology https://sociologymag.com/academic-sociology/guides-how-tos/maintaining-intellectual-honesty-in-sociology/
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Rich People's Gain is Worth Less than Poor People's Pain: A new way to think about utilitarianism, courtesy of the #OfficeOfManagementAndBudget
https://doctorow.medium.com/rich-peoples-gain-is-worth-less-than-poor-people-s-pain-6c3631292841
#Utilitarianism #MarginalRevolution #MarginalUtility #IntellectualHonesty #LitmusTests
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Rich People's Gain is Worth Less than Poor People's Pain: A new way to think about utilitarianism, courtesy of the #OfficeOfManagementAndBudget
https://doctorow.medium.com/rich-peoples-gain-is-worth-less-than-poor-people-s-pain-6c3631292841
#Utilitarianism #MarginalRevolution #MarginalUtility #IntellectualHonesty #LitmusTests
