> > > "[An idea] can be stabbed to death by a joke [..]" -- Charles Brower.

I'm not quite sure why, but that piece caused particular resonance within me.

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> On the other hand, Spinoza said something along the lines that, "a thing does not cease to be true just because it is not accepted by many."
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That just goes to show that the truth exists regardless of (wo)man. Specifically, regardless of whether we perceive it or not.