Book 17. (1 results) Savages of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 17 | 610 | Its security from refutation is the result of its cognitive vacuity. |
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Book 17. (7 results) Savages of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 17 | 607 | She View more quotes about shuddered">shuddered. |
| 17 | 608 | "The most pernicious beliefs," I said, "are not actually beliefs at all, but, better put, pseudobeliefs. |
| 17 | 609 | The pseudobelief is not assailable by evidence or reason, even theoretically. |
| 17 | 610 | Its security from refutation is the result of its cognitive vacuity. |
| 17 | 611 | It cannot be refuted for, saying nothing, nothing can be produced, even in theory, which could count against it. |
| 17 | 612 | Such a belief is not strong, but empty. |
| 17 | 613 | Ultimately it is little more, if anything, than a concatenation of words, a verbal formula. |
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She shuddered.
"The most pernicious beliefs," I said, "are not actually beliefs at all, but, better put, pseudobeliefs.
The pseudobelief is not assailable by evidence or reason, even theoretically.
Its security from refutation is the result of its cognitive vacuity.
It cannot be refuted for, saying nothing, nothing can be produced, even in theory, which could count against it.
Such a belief is not strong, but empty.
Ultimately it is little more, if anything, than a concatenation of words, a verbal formula.
- (Savages of Gor)