The invalid assumption that correlation implies cause is probably among the two or three most serious and common errors of human reasoning.
Interrogate yours hidden assumptions
Tolerance is the assumption of superiority
The assumption that nature is all there is, and that nature has been governed by the same rules at all times and places, makes it possible for natural science to be confident that it can explain such things as how life began.
Most disagreements are the result of faulty assumptions.
Julian Jaynes's theories for the nature of self-awareness, introspection, and consciousness have replaced the assumption of their almost ethereal uniqueness with explanations that could initiate the next change in paradigm for human thought.
Most human activities are predicated on the assumption that life goes on. If you take that premise away, what is there left?
It's always wise to raise questions about the most obvious and simple assumption
The modernists started with the assumption that science is the only source of sure knowledge, that nature is all there is, and thus that morality is merely a human invention that can be changed to meet changing circumstances in an evolving world.
What can be explained by the assumption of fewer things is vainly explained by the assumption of more things.
The more elaborate your narrative, the more the spectator shuts up and listens obediently. And if the filmmaker keeps quiet, the spectator will himself project his own assumptions and sentiments onto the screen.
We never look beyond our assumptions and what's worse, we have given up trying to meet others; we just meet ourselves.
Conventional wisdom is no wisdom at all. Conventional wisdom is taking somebody else's word for the way things are It's the followers of this world who rely on assumption. Not the leaders.
There is this assumption that much of what I write is about my life, and that simply is not true.
I like the rough impersonality of New York. . . Human relations are oiled by jokes, complaints, and confessions-all made with the assumption of never seeing the other person again.
I like the assumption that everyone is trying his best, and we should all just be kind to each other.
The human mind inherently seeks intelligible order. Thus the conviction that such an order exists to be found is a crucial assumption.
People, please remember that I choose my words very carefully. Assumptions are your enemy.
Personal importance, or taking things personally, is the maximum expression of selfishness because we make the assumption that everything is about me.
The assumption that the gospel can be reduced to a note card is already off on the wrong track.