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May 08, 2006
On Absurd Opinions
Posted by jennifer, at 01:19 PM
There is no opinion, however absurd, which men [and women] will not readily embrace as soon as they can be brought to the conviction that it is generally adopted.
Arthur Schopenauer (1788-1860)
Posted by jennifer at May 8, 2006 01:19 PM
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The point of quotations is that one can use another's words to be insulting.
Amanda Cross (1926 - )
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*grin*
Posted by: Steve at May 8, 2006 01:53 PM
An article from Yahoo! Finance last week supported this argument, albeit with special emphasis on the stock-market.
See http://biz.yahoo.com/ms/060503/162973.html for a discussion of an experiment which looked at the influence of peer group pressure on opinions.
cheers
Posted by: John at May 8, 2006 02:06 PM
Yes it's an all time favourite quote - best demonstrated by the mainstream media. I once asked a well known journalist I encountered at a social function about media bias ( we'd had a few drinks by then ) and she offered the opinion that it wasn't bias that was the problem but uniformity of perspective. Most journalists view an issue through the same prism and don't seem to be easily able to shift their vista.
Hence the popularity of blogs!!
Posted by: Jim at May 8, 2006 03:04 PM