"I would like to say 'This book is written to the glory of God', but nowadays this would be the trick of a cheat, i.e., it would not be correctly understood."--Ludwig Wittgenstein
"OH JESUS OH WHAT THE FUCK OH WHAT IS THIS H.P. LOVECRAFT SHIT OH THERE IS NO GOD I DID NOT SIGN UP FOR THIS—Popehat
This would have been useful as an example of something I said this morning, lies don't require a substrate of reality to be invented and told, they can be constructed on nothing out of nothing to appeal to our strongest weaknesses and flaws which is why they are so much more dangerous than we've let ourselves believe.
This would have been useful as an example of something I said this morning, lies don't require a substrate of reality to be invented and told, they can be constructed on nothing out of nothing to appeal to our strongest weaknesses and flaws which is why they are so much more dangerous than we've let ourselves believe.
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