"I wish to propose ... a doctrine which may, I fear, appear wildly paradoxical and subversive. The doctrine in question is this: that it is undesirable to believe in a proposition when there is no ground whatsoever for supposing it true."
Amen to that!
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So much for blind faith. Oh well, back to the drawing board.
Believe it or not, I actually had the political arena in mind when I put that quote in.
The thing is, it's not that pollies don't give reasons for their actions. It's that a) they don't give the real reasons and b) no one ever challenges them on the reasons they do give.
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