Sentence examples for we already believed from inspiring English sources

"The conclusions are consistent with what we already believed," his daughter, Senator Isabel Allende, told reporters.

"The report conclusions are consistent with what we already believed.

We started with factors that we already believed would be associated with obesity, but this type of analysis can also incorporate variables where the associations are not established or even yet-hypothesized.

In short, we tend to believe what we already believe.

"We already believe everybody is equal," Mr. Long said.

"We already believe we are on par with Manhattan or Beverly Hills in every way".

It validated what we already believe and gave us ideas to implement.

Why indeed should we accept pesky little facts that don't jibe with what we already believe deep in our hearts?

Often "reasoning" really seems to be post-hoc rationalization: we tend to accept that which confirms what we already believe (psychologists call this confirmation bias).

We are not natural falsificationists: we would rather find more reasons for believing what we already believe than look for reasons that we might be wrong.

Jonathan Haidt, a social psychologist at the University of Virginia, said, "Reasoning, when we do it, is mostly to find justification for what we already believe".