Thought for the day

[Mik]

[Horace]

Reminiscent of the teachings of a certain public intellectual from the New Coffee Room.

[Mik]

Oh yes. He Who Shall Go Unnamed was the first I thought of.

[Catseye3]

True? Or written by Huxley in a fit of vicious cynicism?

I would hate to think it's true.

But I fear it is.

[Horace]

@Catseye3 said in Thought for the day:

True? Or written by Huxley in a fit of vicious cynicism?

I would hate to think it's true.

But I fear it is.

It’s part of our cultural programming to find a truth like that to be vicious cynicism. The truth isn’t pretty, and we prefer pretty.

[George K]

@Catseye3 said in Thought for the day:

True? Or written by Huxley in a fit of vicious cynicism?

I would hate to think it's true.

But I fear it is.

https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/95413-the-surest-way-to-work-up-a-crusade-in-favor

[Catseye3]

@George-K
I wasn't doubting that Huxley said it. I was wondering how true it is.

[Catseye3]

@Horace said in Thought for the day:

The truth isn’t pretty, and we prefer pretty.

No worries, I can take it.

[taiwan_girl]

@Mik said in Thought for the day:

Oh yes. He Who Shall Go Unnamed was the first I thought of.

I am confused? Who is that?

[Horace]

@taiwan_girl said in Thought for the day:

@Mik said in Thought for the day:

Oh yes. He Who Shall Go Unnamed was the first I thought of.

I am confused? Who is that?

He goes incognito here, but actually one of our number is a widely respected public intellectual. I’m not comfortable betraying his confidence by naming him though.

[Copper]

Thanks