Unsound Reasoning Quotes

The greatest deception men suffer is from their own opinions.

The irrationality of a thing is no argument against its existence, rather a condition of it.

Foolishness is indeed the sister of wickedness.

The things that Billy Graham says, I really have no idea why he says them. He talks about things without really knowing all the facts. I just think there's something wrong with the man.

He's suffering from Politicians' Logic. Something must be done, this is something, therefore we must do it.

No consensus of men can make an error erroneous. We can only find or commit an error, not create it. When we commit an error, we say what was an error already.

He who refuses to do arithmetic is doomed to talk nonsense.

The credit which the apparent conformity with recognized scientific standards can gain for seemingly simple but false theories may, as the present instance shows, have grave consequences.

There are no right answers to wrong questions.

The formula 'Two and two make five' is not without its attractions.

Self delusion is not a good basis for making important policy.

Unfortunately politicians are not very sound people or they wouldn't be politicians.

I do not propose to criticize the fatuous argument I have just outlined; here, to expound is to expose.

There's nothing I like less than bad arguments for a view that I hold dear.

Insight makes argument ridiculous.

There has been this - and it's reflected in the broadcasts - this moronic use of statistics. Which has suggested to everyone who is intelligent the use of statistics is moronic.

Intellectual brilliance is no guarantee against being dead wrong.

An unsophisticated forecaster uses statistics as a drunken man uses lamp-posts - for support rather than for illumination.

If a decision-making process is flawed and dysfunctional, decisions will go awry.

The rule is perfect: in all matters of opinion our adversaries are insane.

If you think something's stupid, it probably is.

Only fools answer hypothetical questions.

It is easier to come to a meeting provided with rotten eggs than with sound arguments

Emotions can certainly be misleading: they can fool you into believing stuff that is definitely, demonstrably untrue.