Wilful ignorance is the state and practice of ignoring any sensory input that appears to contradict one’s inner model of reality.
Saturday, 25 August 2012
Friday, 24 August 2012
Let Sleeping Pit Bulls Lie
The man who lies to himself and listens to his own lie
comes to a point that he cannot distinguish the truth within him,
or around him,
and so loses all respect for himself and for others.
comes to a point that he cannot distinguish the truth within him,
or around him,
and so loses all respect for himself and for others.
— Fyodor Dostoevsky
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Fyodor Dostoevsky
Thursday, 23 August 2012
Wednesday, 22 August 2012
Vice Versa
Hatred is gained as much by good works as by evil.
— Niccolo Machiavelli
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Niccolo Machiavelli
Tuesday, 21 August 2012
Hearts & Minds
The heart deceives, because it is never anything but the expression of the mind’s miscalculations.
— Marquis de Sade
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Marquis de Sade
Monday, 20 August 2012
Secret Service
America has been discovered before, but it has always been hushed up.
— Oscar Wilde
— Oscar Wilde
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Oscar Wilde
Sunday, 19 August 2012
Saturday, 18 August 2012
Friday, 17 August 2012
Religious Discourse
Wednesday, 15 August 2012
Tuesday, 14 August 2012
Monday, 13 August 2012
Sunday, 12 August 2012
Saturday, 11 August 2012
Friday, 10 August 2012
Thursday, 9 August 2012
Wednesday, 8 August 2012
Tuesday, 7 August 2012
Monday, 6 August 2012
Sunday, 5 August 2012
Saturday, 4 August 2012
Friday, 3 August 2012
Thursday, 2 August 2012
Wednesday, 1 August 2012
Tuesday, 31 July 2012
Monday, 30 July 2012
Sunday, 29 July 2012
Friday, 27 July 2012
Dumbing Down
A stupid man’s report of what a clever man says can never be accurate,
because he unconsciously translates what he hears into something he can understand.
— Bertrand Russell
— Bertrand Russell
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Bertrand Russell,
Philosophy
Thursday, 26 July 2012
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