As in all moral panics, an accusation is enough to destroy a person's life. Hysteria trumps evidence.
For some of the large indignities of life, the best remedy is direct action. For the small indignities, the best remedy is a Charlie Chaplin movie. … - Carol Tavris
For some of the large indignities of life, the best remedy is direct action. For the small indignities, the best remedy is a Charlie Chaplin movie. …
- Carol Tavris
Depression is not 'anger turned inward'; if anything, anger is depression turned outward. Follow the trail of anger inward, and there you will find t… - Carol Tavris
Depression is not 'anger turned inward'; if anything, anger is depression turned outward. Follow the trail of anger inward, and there you will find t…
The history of the women's movement in America follows a consciousness-amnesia cycle. - Carol Tavris
The history of the women's movement in America follows a consciousness-amnesia cycle.
Most people, when directly confronted by evidence that they are wrong, do not change their point of view or course of action but justify it even more… - Carol Tavris
Most people, when directly confronted by evidence that they are wrong, do not change their point of view or course of action but justify it even more…
The scientific method is designed to help investigators overcome the most entrenched human cognitive habit: the confirmation bias, the tendency to no… - Carol Tavris
The scientific method is designed to help investigators overcome the most entrenched human cognitive habit: the confirmation bias, the tendency to no…
As in all moral panics, an accusation is enough to destroy a person's life. Hysteria trumps evidence. - Carol Tavris
Even irrefutable evidence is rarely enough to pierce the mental armor of self-justification. - Carol Tavris
Even irrefutable evidence is rarely enough to pierce the mental armor of self-justification.
Doubt is not the enemy of justice; overconfidence is. - Carol Tavris
Doubt is not the enemy of justice; overconfidence is.
In the horrifying calculus of self-deception, the greater the pain we inflict on others, the greater the need to justify it to maintain our feelings … - Carol Tavris
In the horrifying calculus of self-deception, the greater the pain we inflict on others, the greater the need to justify it to maintain our feelings …
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