Friday, December 30, 2022

Blind to the truth

 

I don't have time right now to check that this is an actual quote by Sagan, but my observation is that it is true.

 

https://twitter.com/ProfCarlSagan/status/1608499468802093061


Prof. Carl Sagan
@ProfCarlSagan

One of the saddest lessons of history is this: If we’ve been bamboozled long enough, we tend to reject any evidence of the bamboozle. We’re no longer interested in finding out the truth.  It’s simply too painful to acknowledge, even to ourselves, that we’ve been taken.

11:25 AM · Dec 29, 2022

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