Life: b. 1895
The public is often right during the trends, but wrong at both ends
Topics: Trends, Ends
When Everyone thinks alike, everyone is likely to be wrong
Topics: Thinking
Don't confuse brains with a bull market.
Topics: Brain, Bulls, Bull Markets
In sum, the purpose is to contest the popular view, because popular opinions are so frequently found to be untimely, misled (by propaganda), or plainly wrong.
source: - Humphrey Bancroft Neill (1963). “The Art of Contrary Thinking”, p.9, Caxton Press
Topics: Views, Purpose, Opinion, Popular Opinion
Many a healthy reaction has proved fatal.
Topics: Healthy, Reactions