I’ve said it before:
Smart people believe what is true. I mean that in a Jamesian sense, as in, what works — what is true because it works and what works because it is true.
Most people believe what they want to believe — because living in the world is difficult and so we all need little lies to keep us sane.
Very stupid people believe the last thing they heard — because they don’t even think; they don’t even mimic other people’s thoughts; they just ape people’s words. And I caught myself doing this once tonight, waiting for the bus after I was at work for over nine hours. I forget what it was about. Still. Scary.
I don’t want to be on par with the ignorant, racist, rat bastards I sometimes come into contact with. No thank you.