More from Derek R. Audette

  1. I would warn against too much of a radical devotion to rationality. Rationality is an illusion, an invented concept, a construct from the m…
  2. Reality trumps rationality.
  3. An unbending and absolute acceptance of any idea is a sure sign of a small mind, no matter the greatness of intellect possesed by the one a…
  4. The curse of the intelligent man is that he will always find himself surrounded by the ignorant. The measure of the intelligent man is dete…
  5. Faith, contrary to popular opinion, is not a belief in spite of a lack of evidence. Faith is what someone else believes, in spite of a lack…
  6. Sanity can take one of two forms: That of either ignorance, or denial.
  7. If it turns out that physical death truly results in the absolute cessation of consciousness, then it would seem to me that in the grand tr…
  8. If you're going to condemn a people based on the actions of the worst of its ranks; take a good look at the worst of your people first and …

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