(09-17-2017, 12:39 PM)Mystic Wanderer Wrote: That may be true, but fooling the public on something of this scale is not acceptable.
Funny thing about things that are deemed "unacceptable" - they always, and without exception, get accepted - whether the deemer likes it or not. Absolutes sometimes suck like that, because there are those around who give nary a shit what WE are or are not willing to accept. It's the Universe's way of making us eat crow and keeping us humble.
Quote:IS THERE ANYTHING WE CAN BELIEVE TO BE FACT ANYMORE THAT REALLY MATTERS?!
Nope. You can believe NOTHING that you hear, and only about half of what you actually see for yourself. Your job is to figure out WHICH half of what you actually see can be believed.
That's what makes life interesting!
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Diogenes was eating bread and lentils for supper. He was seen by the philosopher Aristippus, who lived comfortably by flattering the king.
Said Aristippus, ‘If you would learn to be subservient to the king you would not have to live on lentils.’ Said Diogenes, ‘Learn to live on lentils and you will not have to be subservient to the king.’
Said Aristippus, ‘If you would learn to be subservient to the king you would not have to live on lentils.’ Said Diogenes, ‘Learn to live on lentils and you will not have to be subservient to the king.’