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The only people who steal are thieves, and that's a very small percentage of civilization. Most people want to have some way to make the economic transaction valid. They want to return the favor, if you will. . . return the benefit and reciprocate.

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When we do cross paths with people whose beliefs and attitudes conflict with our own, we are rarely challenged.

Attitude, Beliefs, Challenged, Path, Paths, People
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When examining evidence relevant to a given belief, people are inclined to see what they expect to see, and conclude what they expect to conclude. Information that is consistent with our pre-existing beliefs is often accepted at face value, whereas evidence that contradicts them is critically scrutinized and discounted. Our beliefs may thus be less responsive than they should to the implications of new information

Evidence, Examining, Faces, Information, Mind, People

People will always prefer black-and-white over shades of grey, and so there will always be the temptation to hold overly-simplified beliefs and to hold them with excessive confidence

Beliefs, Black And White, People, Prefer, Temptation

We are the sum total of our experiences.

Experiences, Sum, Total

For desired conclusions, we ask ourselves, “Can I believe this?”, but for unpalatable conclusions we ask, “Must I believe this?

Ask, Believe, Conclusion, Desired, I Believe

What we believe is heavily influenced by what we think others believe

Believe, Heavily, Human Behavior, Influenced, Thinking
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