The question

What important truth do very few people agree with you on?

Originally asked

Peter Thiel, to job candidates, Zero to One, chapter 1, 2014

Peter Thiel, Zero to One, chapter 1, where it is introduced as his job-interview question. Thiel supplies his own standard: a good answer takes the form "most people believe x, but the truth is the opposite of x."

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Jacqueline Novogratz Founder and chief executive of Acumen
That human beings are selfish. I don’t believe it. We have angels and monsters inside each of us. What we need to do better as a society is create systems and opportunities to bring out our most generous.
Recorded Acumen America, 22 May 2024 source ↗
David Lynch Film director, screenwriter and painter
Most people, these days, they don’t even believe in reincarnation. They’d say, you only go around once.
Recorded Etan Ilfeld, The Etan Ilfeld Podcast / Watkins Magazine, Watkins MIND BODY SPIRIT Magazine, 28 January 2025 source ↗
Ernst Mayr Naturalist and evolutionary biologist
Primarily to show, and you will think that this doesn't need showing, but lots of people would disagree with you. To show that biology is an autonomous science and should not be mixed up with physics. That's my message.
Recorded Claudio Angelo, Scientific American interview, 6 July 2004 source ↗
Alan Dale New Zealand actor
Their clothes' lines. The oil crisis could be solved if people didn't use dryers.
Recorded Jennifer Clark, The 5-minute Interview, The Independent, 16 April 2008 source ↗

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Question What are you most proud of? Identity & self
That’s difficult for someone to talk about themselves. If I’ve helped improve the game of golf and if I’ve helped improve people’s outlook on life and the game of golf, that would be something that I would be very happy for. I would really like to think that maybe I have left something that other people will look at and say, when people come in back of them, that they have given them the same opportunity that we had. And that means give our kids the opportunities that we’ve had through these years. And if I can do that and leave something along those lines to people, I’ll be very happy for that.
Recorded Academy of Achievement interview, Orlando, Florida, 2 December 1997 source ↗
Question Which teacher, parent, coach or friend most made you who you are, and what did you learn from them? Relationships
My father was my major teacher, disciplinarian. But my mother lent a lot to me and to my life, in that, when things weren’t going right, or when my father was too tough, I had the soft feel of my mother to help me, and she did. And she a lot of the times gave me confidence that I needed to overcome some of the things that happened that weren’t so pleasant.
Recorded Academy of Achievement interview source ↗

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