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Iain M. Banks, Inversions Quotes: One believed what one was told to believe, what it made sense to believe. Unless one was a foreigner, of course, or a philosopher.
         

One believed what one was told to believe, what it made sense to believe. Unless one was a foreigner, of course, or a philosopher.


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One believed what one was told to believe, what it made sense to believe. Unless one was a foreigner, of course, or a philosopher.
         



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This page presents the quote "One believed what one was told to believe, what it made sense to believe. Unless one was a foreigner, of course, or a philosopher.". Author of this quote is Iain M. Banks, Inversions. This quote is about cognitive-dissonance, confirmation-bias, philosophy, belief, foreigners,.