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“The learned ignore the evidence of their senses to preserve the coherence of the ideas of their imagination”

Adam Smith

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People who are very knowledgeable or educated sometimes ignore what they see, hear, or feel because they want to keep believing in the ideas they have imagined.

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Cognition Evidence Imagination Knowledge Perception Philosophy Reality Senses Skepticism Truth
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