A Quote by Sir Francis Bacon on bias, thinking, and reasoning

It is the peculiar and perpetual error of the human understanding to be more moved and excited by affirmatives than by negatives

Sir Francis Bacon : English statesman, lawyer, philosopher & essayist
Francis Bacon (1561 - 1626)
Source: The Works of Francis Bacon, page 348
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