If you did not in your own mind distinguish between useful and erroneous information, then you were not learning at all, you were merely replacing ignorance with false belief, which was no improvement.
Orson Scott Card
Learning, Information, Ignorance, Belief, Critical Thinking, False Knowledge
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More Orson Scott Card Quotes
“Your trust in rationality makes you irrational.” Orson Scott Card
Rationality, Trust, Irony, Paradox, Logical Fallacy, Self-deception
Orson Scott Card Rationality, Trust, Irony, Paradox, Logical Fallacy, Self-deception“That's the problem with winning right from the start, thought Ender. you lose friends.” Orson Scott Card
Winning, Friendship, Success, Loneliness, Social Consequences, Early Achievement
Orson Scott Card Winning, Friendship, Success, Loneliness, Social Consequences, Early Achievement“That is the tragedy of language, my friend. Those who know each other only through symbolic representations are forced to imagine each other. And because their imagination is imperfect, they are often wrong.” Orson Scott Card
Language, Communication, Misunderstanding, Imagination, Symbolic Interaction, Perceptual Limitations
Orson Scott Card Language, Communication, Misunderstanding, Imagination, Symbolic Interaction, Perceptual Limitations“Who was more cursed, the one who died, unknowing until the very moment of his death, or the one who watched his destruction as it approached, step by step, for days and weeks and years?” Orson Scott Card
Fate, Knowledge, Suffering, Death, Perspective, Existential Question
Orson Scott Card Fate, Knowledge, Suffering, Death, Perspective, Existential Question“Let's fly away and live forever.” Orson Scott Card
Escape, Immortality, Fantasy, Freedom, Romantic Idealism, Youthful Aspiration
Orson Scott Card Escape, Immortality, Fantasy, Freedom, Romantic Idealism, Youthful Aspiration“There is more good writing and good acting in any ten minutes of Twister than in, say, all of Citizen Kane.” Orson Scott Card
Controversial Opinion, Film Criticism, Comparison, Exaggeration, Artistic Value, Popular Culture
Orson Scott Card Controversial Opinion, Film Criticism, Comparison, Exaggeration, Artistic Value, Popular Culture“In my view, suicide is not really a wish for life to end.? What is it then?? It is the only way a powerless person can find to make everybody else look away from his shame. The wish is not to die, but to hide.” Orson Scott Card
Suicide, Shame, Powerlessness, Hiding, Psychological Insight, Social Perception
Orson Scott Card Suicide, Shame, Powerlessness, Hiding, Psychological Insight, Social Perception“Good people aren't good because they never cause harm to others. They're good because they treat others the best way they know how, with the understanding that they have.” Orson Scott Card
Goodness, Morality, Intention, Understanding, Human Imperfection, Ethical Behavior
Orson Scott Card Goodness, Morality, Intention, Understanding, Human Imperfection, Ethical Behavior“Perhaps it's impossible to wear an identity without becoming what you pretend to be. She thought of that, worried about it for a few days, and then wrote a column using that as a premise, to show that politicians who toadied to the Russians in order to keep the peace would inevitably end up subservient to them in everything.” Orson Scott Card
Identity, Pretense, Transformation, Politics, Influence, Self Fulfilling Prophecy
Orson Scott Card Identity, Pretense, Transformation, Politics, Influence, Self Fulfilling Prophecy“Five chickens do not make a cow.” Orson Scott Card
Logic, Absurdity, Humor, Comparison, Common Sense, Metaphor
Orson Scott Card Logic, Absurdity, Humor, Comparison, Common Sense, Metaphor“The Lord took twice the time making thee, Alvin Smith, cause it took that long to put the mischief in.” Orson Scott Card
Creation, Individuality, Mischief, Divine Humor, Character, Uniqueness
Orson Scott Card Creation, Individuality, Mischief, Divine Humor, Character, Uniqueness“Lack of truthfulness doesn't weaken a story if you can get enough people to believe the lie.” Orson Scott Card
Truth, Belief, Storytelling, Manipulation, Mass Psychology, Power Of Narrative
Orson Scott Card Truth, Belief, Storytelling, Manipulation, Mass Psychology, Power Of Narrative“From now on, as far as you're concerned, Dink Meeker is God.' 'Then who are you?' 'The personnel officer who hired God.God, our genes, our environment, or some stupid programmer keying in code at an ancient terminal – there's no way free will can ever exist if we as individuals are the result of some external cause.” Orson Scott Card
God, Free Will, Determinism, Humor, Philosophical Debate, Existential Questioning
Orson Scott Card God, Free Will, Determinism, Humor, Philosophical Debate, Existential Questioning“I want to go home, thought Ender, but I don't know where it is.” Orson Scott Card
Homesickness, Belonging, Identity, Displacement, Longing, Confusion
Orson Scott Card Homesickness, Belonging, Identity, Displacement, Longing, Confusion“If he was a good man, how could he leave me? So he must not be a good man. But if he isn't good, then why does it hurt so much to lose him?” Orson Scott Card
Love, Morality, Loss, Pain, Cognitive Dissonance, Emotional Reasoning
Orson Scott Card Love, Morality, Loss, Pain, Cognitive Dissonance, Emotional Reasoning“If it isn't a wonderful story first, who cares how "important" it is?” Orson Scott Card
Storytelling, Importance, Quality, Priority, Narrative Value, Literary Merit
Orson Scott Card Storytelling, Importance, Quality, Priority, Narrative Value, Literary Merit“The only people who think children are carefree are the ones who've forgotten their own childhood.” Orson Scott Card
Childhood, Memory, Perception, Adulthood, Innocence, Psychological Insight
Orson Scott Card Childhood, Memory, Perception, Adulthood, Innocence, Psychological Insight“I don't care how much you eat, Ender, self-cannibalism won't get you out of this school.” Orson Scott Card
Humor, Desperation, Escape, Determination, Absurdity, Dark Comedy
Orson Scott Card Humor, Desperation, Escape, Determination, Absurdity, Dark Comedy“Mazer, i don't want to keep dreaming these things. I'm afraid to sleep. I keep thinking of things i don't want to remember. My whole life keeps playing out as if i were a recorder and someone else wanted to watch the most terrible parts of my life.” Orson Scott Card
Trauma, Memories, Fear, Sleep, Unwanted Recollections, Psychological Distress
Orson Scott Card Trauma, Memories, Fear, Sleep, Unwanted Recollections, Psychological Distress