Evidence Rejection Quotes

No evidence is powerful enough to force acceptance of a conclusion that is emotionally distasteful.

There exists in society a very special class of persons that I have always referred to as the Believers. These are folks who have chosen to accept a certain religion, philosophy, theory, idea or notion and cling to that belief regardless of any evidence that might, for anyone else, bring it into doubt. They are the ones who encourage and support the fanatics and the frauds of any given age. No amount of evidence, no matter how strong, will bring them any enlightenment. They are the sheep who beg to be fleeced and butchered, and who will battle fiercely to preserve their right to be victimized.

It's sometimes easier to reject strong evidence than to admit that we've been wrong, this is information about ourselves worth having.

The book is true, and if evidence seems to condtradict it, it is the evidence that must be thrown out not the book.

Once you reject evidence as a source of knowledge, you don't gotta believe nothin' you don't like.

You Can Lead an Atheist to Evidence, but You Can't Make Him Think.

One of the dangers today is that when we don't like what the facts tell us, we just attack the facts, and we undermine the credibility of institutions. That is true not just for reporting; it's true of when people are attacking the congressional budget office, or when they're attacking certain science - that's where we can get into a dangerous realm.