“It will be found, eventually, that just as impurities in water become radioactive from transmuted uranium, impurities in thought become radioactive from transmuted facts and figures lurking in the pitchblende of the mind. We have long suspected that impurities in thought become radioactive. It is a major problem. Fascism, one of the commonest impurities in human thought, is unquestionably radioactive.” DangerThoughtsFascismRadioactivityDangerous Thoughts Book:The Wild Flag: Editorials from the New Yorker on Federal World Government and Other Matters Source: The Wild Flag: Editorials from the New Yorker on Federal World Government and Other Matters