I am having a disscuss with Ruth and Baysage about "facts" and "myths". I believe "facts" are subservient to "myths" or stories or narratives or plain fictions. No one is swayed by facts, except scientists and their ilk, but they have always been strange.
Facts are brutish and asperger-ish: they butt in at inopportune times, and then they usually hit you upside the head.
Stories, however, are smooth and polished. They have been to the best colleges and finishing schools, and they have PR people who keep track of their public personas.
Myths are what we elect to be our leaders; Facts are the harsh reality of the poor, weak creatures that haunt the halls of power.
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Well and succinctly put! Depths upon depths open in the unpacking of this nugget, but qualities are needed for that -- and contemplative time.
Thanks, Arsen.
Personally, I am constantly amazed at the realization that Reality is more like Shakespeare, rather than Einstein.
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