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On choices, logic, and resisting either-or thinking

Several voices here push back against binary thinking about Human qualities, comparing rigid either-or reasoning in government to the closed logic of a fundamentalist religion.

Last Updated on May 30, 2021

Nov 07, 2020

I'm someone that likes to not think too binary about human qualities.

Quotes by Tessa Thompson

Nov 07, 2020

Sadly, in the highest levels of economic thought in government, questions are not tolerated. It is as if we're dealing with the binary thinking of a fundamentalist religion.

Quotes by Michael Burry

Making
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Nov 07, 2020

I've never regretted not making Linux shareware: I really don't like the pay for use binary shareware programs.

Quotes by Linus Torvalds

Nov 07, 2020

Human beings rarely do things for a binary reason.

Quotes by Laura Kuenssberg

Nov 07, 2020

At its most fundamental, information is a binary choice. In other words, a single bit of information is one yes-or-no choice.

Quotes by James Gleick

Media
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Nov 07, 2020

When media coverage sets up a binary opposition between 'the accuser' and 'the accused,' there is no longer a victim or even an alleged victim - a flesh and blood person who was harmed by the violent act of another.

Quotes by Jackson Katz

Nov 07, 2020

Obviously there is no such thing as race, and in many ways, sex is a continuum, not a binary. So it doesn't make sense to label people in that way.

Quotes by Gloria Steinem

Nov 07, 2020

Anything that can unambiguously represent two values - while resisting, just a wee bit, randomly flipping from the state you want retained into the opposite state - can encode binary data.

Quotes by Edward M. Lerner

Others use binary more technically, defining a single bit as one yes-or-no choice, a contrast that shows how the same word covers both cold logic and warm Like-minded judgment.

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