You can't invent yourself as you maunder on. Your fabrications aren't going to impress the blood test, the urinalysis or the chest X-ray. Science is not amused.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- You cannot fabricate a better self through words because science reveals your physical reality regardless of your stories.
- In plain terms
- Science reveals the truth about you no matter what you say.
- What can you take from it?
- Facts override personal fabrications.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Can words change physical facts?
- How do you face your reality?
Another view
Human identity involves subjective experiences beyond physical tests.
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