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If we are too concerned with the former, there is a likelihood that we shall unwittingly have doctored the facts selected in order to come out at a predetermined point.
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John Dewey
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gutenberg.orgJohn Dewey: “If we are too concerned with the former, there is a likelihood that we shall unwittingly have doctored the facts…”
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Dewey warns against the dangers of bias in selecting facts to support predetermined conclusions.
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