Skip to content
quotesby

About this quote

What does it mean?
The speaker describes a forced denial of truth, claiming the truth is what authorities tell them.
In plain terms
They feel compelled to reject reality and accept official narratives.
What can you take from it?
Cognitive dissonance can arise when truth conflicts with authority.

Where it applies

  • political persuasion
  • media consumption

Putting it to work

  • critically evaluate sources
  • recognize manipulation tactics

Questions to consider

  • What mechanisms cause people to disbelieve facts?
  • How can one maintain independent judgment?

Another view

The quote is personal and lacks external evidence.

More from Orson Scott Card

  1. You can't rule out the impossible, because you never know which of your assumptions about what was possible might turn out, in the real universe, to be false

    Permalink to quote #281
  2. Doesn't it occur to you that the very fact that you're asking me this question tells me there's something else for me to figure out, and therefore greatly incr…

    Permalink to quote #283
  3. Please stop reassuring me of how respectful you are whenever you're about to tell me that I'm an idiot.

    Permalink to quote #280

Related quotes

  1. Always acknowledge a fault frankly. This will throw those in authority off their guard and give you opportunity to commit more.

    Samuel Langhorne ClemensSamuel Langhorne Clemens quote #61
  2. But for the media to name their coverage of the 2003 invasion of Iraq the same as what the Pentagon calls it-everyday seeing 'Operation Iraqi Freedom'-you have…

    Amy GoodmanAmy Goodman quote #1
  3. Much suspected by me, Nothing proved can be, Quoth Elizabeth prisoner.

    Elizabeth I of EnglandElizabeth I of England quote #1