Our inner weighing of evidence is not a careful mathematical calculation resulting in a probabilistic estimate of truth, but more like a whirlpool blending of the objective and the personal. The result is a set of beliefs - both conscious and unconscious - that guide us in interpreting all the events of our lives.

War of the Worldviews: Where Science and Spirituality Meet -- and Do Not (ed. Harmony, 2011) - ISBN: 9780307886903