Stands to reason
As long as counter- intuitive is a thing, common sense isn\’t a thing.
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Snakes alive
If you make a garden snake proof, then, when a snake does get in it can\’t get out again. If you make your brain to resist mad ideas, then when the madness does get in, it will stay there forever.
Accept no substitute
Religious belief is not a substitute for Science Personal anecdote is not a substitute for Science Wishful thinking is not a substitute for Science Political ideology is not a substitute for Science Television opinion is not a substitute for Science Corporate greed is not a substitute for Science What your Uncle said is not a substitute
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Imagine
The confidence with which some people tell me what their silent and invisible imaginary friend is thinking and demanding of them is always stunning.
Toe the line
A strong belief in Homeopathy would not survive an attempt to treat a severe case of Gout in a Big Toe joint.
Lifting veils
The process of ageing is one of lifting the veils, one by one, that hide the number of stupid people in the world, until you see clearly the horror, then you die.
Dustbin
I am as certain of the non-existence of a god as I am of the non-existence of mermaids, werewolves, goblins, yowies, easter bunnies, pixies, bunyips, jack frost, unicorns, yetis, tooth fairies, minotaur, leprechauns, father xmas, nessie, gorgons, poltergeists, dragons, aliens, and ghosts.
Brave new world
If you think after Coronavirus, corporations will stop exploiting workers, will stop trashing the world, will stop supporting wars, will stop buying elections, will start paying taxes, you’re living in a parallel universe.
We are all Pythagoreans
Have I gone through more than half a century with “the square on the hypotenuse of a right-angled triangle is equal to the sum of the squares on the other two sides” stuck in my brain? Has the whole human race gone through twenty five centuries sharing the same ear worm?
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