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Neil deGrasse Tyson Quotes: The urge to want some bit of information to be true often clouds our ability to assess why that information may be false.
         

The urge to want some bit of information to be true often clouds our ability to assess why that information may be false.


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This page presents the quote "The urge to want some bit of information to be true often clouds our ability to assess why that information may be false.". Author of this quote is Neil deGrasse Tyson. This quote is about life, belief, self-fulfilling-prophecies, lies, truth, falsehoods,.