How can one trust a person so prejudiced as to neglect overwhelming evidence?
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Gould questions how to trust someone who ignores overwhelming evidence due to prejudice.
- In plain terms
- You can't trust a person who ignores facts because of bias.
- What can you take from it?
- Prejudice that ignores evidence undermines trust.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Can prejudice be overcome?
- When do we stop trusting?
Another view
Sometimes people change their minds after confronting evidence.
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