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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Bill Nye

Science communicator and television presenter

Recorded said elsewhere, not written here
We just can't keep putting all this CO2 into the atmosphere, and we're so dependent on fossil fuels. We have five times more renewable energy in wind in North Dakota than we use in the United States. North Dakota could be the Saudi Arabia of wind!

Energy.gov, Energy.gov, 10 June 2010 source ↗

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Alessia Cara Canadian singer-songwriter
It’s the world that's messed up, and it’s the world’s twisted view of what beauty should be. They need to change, it’s never you.
Recorded Danielle Sinay, Teen Vogue, 13 September 2016 source ↗
Alan Shepard Naval aviator and astronaut; the first American in space and the fifth person to walk on the Moon
And I say, “Every single dollar that was spent on the space program, went into the pockets of the individuals who worked on it: the contractors, the subcontractors, the vendors. It went to feed their children, put clothes on their back, send them to school.…If we are going to be the leaders of the world, and we are going to worry about trade balance, if we are going to worry about military systems, or solving the problems of the environment, we are going to have to continue to spend money on research, medical research as well.
Recorded Houston, Texas, Academy of Achievement, 1 February 1991 source ↗
Alan Cumming Scottish actor, producer, director, writer and presenter
It’s killing the planet. It’s killing you. It’s killing all of us. Walk away.
Recorded Interview, Rorschach Test, Interview Magazine, 2 January 2025 source ↗
Andre Russell Jamaican cricketer; West Indies all-rounder and twice a T20 World Cup winner
I believe in Test cricket, but at the end of the day, I’m a professional. It wasn’t part of my journey. I have no regrets because it wasn’t me that turned my back.
Recorded interviewer, The Guardian interview, 5 June 2025 source ↗

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