 Bertrand Russell Quotes 366 |
There is a very widespread belief that people can be induced to believe in what is contrary to fact in one domain while remaining scientific in another. This is not the case. It is by no means easy to keep one's mind open to fresh evidence, and it is almost impossible to achieve this in one direction if, in another, one has a carefully fostered blindness.
Source: Are the world's troubles due to decay of faith?
In: The Rationalist Annual, 1954
Reprinted in: Human Society in Ethics and Politics, 1954, part II, chapter 7
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