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Tag: H2G2

Saying the obvious…

One of the things Ford Prefect has always found hard to understand about humans was their habit of continually stating and repeating the very very obvious.

If they don’t keep on exercising their lips, he thought, their brains start working.

—H2G2

Format QuotePosted on December 29, 2018December 27, 2018Categories Paper BookTags H2G2, Humans, Obvious, TalkingLeave a comment on Saying the obvious…

H2G2 on the ‘Confirmation bias’

See first, think later, then test.

But always see first. Otherwise you will only see what you were expecting.

— Wonko the sane, in ‘So long, and thanks for all the fish’ (H2G2 part 4)

Format QuotePosted on December 28, 2018Categories Paper BookTags Bias, Confirmation Bias, H2G2Leave a comment on H2G2 on the ‘Confirmation bias’

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… but what actually is it?

Once you do know what the question actually is, you’ll know what the answer means.

—H2G2

Format QuotePosted on December 27, 2018December 27, 2018Categories Paper BookTags Answer, Everything, H2G2, Life, Question, UniverseLeave a comment on 42
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