“In critical moments, men sometimes see exactly what they wish to see.”— Judy Burns, Chet Richards, Spock, Leonard Nimoy, imdb.com
“Curtis attacks the internet because, in his view, it facilitates communities of solipsists, interpassive networks of like-minds who confirm, rather than challenge, each others’ assumptions and prejudices. Instead of having to confront other points of view in a contested public space, these communiti…”— Mark Fisher, amazon.com
“For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.”— Carl Sagan, amazon.com
“For the great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie—deliberate, contrived, and dishonest—but the myth—persistent, persuasive, and unrealistic. Too often we hold fast to the cliches of our forebears. We subject all facts to a prefabricated set of interpretations. We enjoy the comfort of opinio…”— John F. Kennedy, presidency.ucsb.edu