Quote by Christopher Hitchens

To be against rationalization is not the same as to be opposed to reasoning.

To be against rationalization is not the same as to be oppos

Summary

This quote suggests that being against rationalization does not imply being opposed to reasoning. While rationalization often involves making excuses or finding justifications for actions or beliefs, reasoning involves objective thinking based on evidence, logic, and critical analysis. Being against rationalization implies a reluctance to manipulate or distort facts to suit a desired outcome, but it does not mean rejecting the use of sound reasoning in making judgments or decisions.

Topics

Logic Reason September 11 Attacks Rationalisation Irrationality

By Christopher Hitchens

Liked the quote? Share it with your friends.

Random Quotations

A lot of the powerful religious leaders, from Jesus to Buddh

A lot of the powerful religious leaders, from Jesus to Buddha to Tibetan monks, they're really talking about the same things: love and acceptable, and the value of friendship, and respecting yourself so you can respect others.

A court is a place where what was confused before becomes mo

A court is a place where what was confused before becomes more unsettled than ever.

Henry Waldorf Francis

I was the youngest child and got a lot more freedom than my

I was the youngest child and got a lot more freedom than my brother and sister. I used to wander, doing my own thing under the radar, but I didn't get in bad, bad trouble.

George wrote Taxman, and I played guitar on it. He wrote it

George wrote Taxman, and I played guitar on it. He wrote it in anger at finding out what the taxman did. He had never known before then what could happen to your money.

In the Brown decision, the United States Supreme Court unani

In the Brown decision, the United States Supreme Court unanimously struck down the legal and moral footing of racially segregated public education in this country.

No drug, not even alcohol, causes the fundamental ills of so

No drug, not even alcohol, causes the fundamental ills of society. If we're looking for the sources of our troubles, we shouldn't test people for drugs, we should test them for stupidity, ignorance, greed and love of power.

It was Jung who first said to explain the symbol as if talki

It was Jung who first said to explain the symbol as if talking to a man from mars who knew nothing about our life on earth.

Life Man Symbols

Beauty opened all the doors it got me things I didn't even k

Beauty opened all the doors it got me things I didn't even know I wanted, and things I certainly didn't deserve.

Janice Dickinson

Statistical thinking will one day be as necessary a qualific

Statistical thinking will one day be as necessary a qualification for efficient citizenship as the ability to read and write.

I barely have time for my own children. To adopt more childr

I barely have time for my own children. To adopt more children and not have time for them, that would be poor parenting on my part.

My parents were vegetarians. I'd show up at school, this gia

My parents were vegetarians. I'd show up at school, this giant black kid, with none of the cool clothes and a tofu sandwich and celery sticks.

Nationalism is an infantile thing. It is the measles of mank

Nationalism is an infantile thing. It is the measles of mankind.

Albert Einstein