Quote of the Day

"Simplified paradigms or maps are indispensable for human thought. On the one hand, we may explicitly formulate theories or models and consciously use them to guide behaviour. Alternatively, we may deny the need for such guides and assume that we will act only in terms of specific “objective” facts, dealing with each case ‘on its own merits’. If we assume this, however, we delude ourselves. For in the back of our minds are hidden assumptions, biases, and prejudices that determine how we perceive reality, what facts we look at, and how we judge their importance and merits." -- Samuel Huntington