Contrarian thinking doesn't make any sense unless the world still has secrets left to give up.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I think what's always important is not to be contrarian for its own sake but to really get at the truth.
I mean, I'm not a contrarian.
I am a contrarian.
The fatal tendency of mankind to leave off thinking about a thing when it is no longer doubtful is the cause of half their errors.
If something is true, no amount of wishful thinking will change it.
A lot of people don't give much thought to what they believe, and it's easy for them to hold what often are two conflicting ideas in their head at the same time.
Thinking has become a superfluous exercise... purely internal, without compelling force, more or less a game.
Negative thoughts stick around because we believe them, not because we want them or choose them.
If you look at the history of big obstacles in understanding our world, there's usually an intuitive assumption underlying them that's wrong.
Any thought that is passed on to the subconscious often enough and convincingly enough is finally accepted.