“Art is like politics. Any theory carried too far ends in sterility, and freshness is only gained by following some other line.” ArtEndsLinesTheoryArt IsFollowingFreshness Book:Tendencies in Modern American Poetry Source: Tendencies in Modern American Poetry
“Following Korzybski, I put things in probabilities, not absolutes... My only originality lies in applying this zetetic attitude outside the hardest of the hard sciences, physics, to softer sciences and then to non-sciences like politics, ideology, jury verdicts and, of course, conspiracy theory.” HardLyingCoursesAttitudeTheoryAbsolutesFollowingPhysicsHardestIdeologyConspiracyOriginalityProbabilityJuryConspiracy TheoryVerdictScience Physics Author:Robert Anton Wilson
“My opinion about Miller's experiments is the following. ... Should the positive result be confirmed, then the special theory of relativity and with it the general theory of relativity, in its current form, would be invalid. Experimentum summus judex. Only the equivalence of inertia and gravitation would remain, however, they would have to lead to a significantly different theory.” ShouldDifferentWould BeFormResultsOpinionSpecialTheoryCurrentsFollowingExperimentsRelativityInertiaGravitationTheories Of RelativityPositive Results Author:Albert Einstein
“It hurts to see that everything on television is based on pillaring people. Nobody's sort of given the opportunity to be nice anymore. I think that is somewhat reflective of tragically the society that we live in today where we want to know people off their pedestal or we want to hurt, we want to harm instead of boosting and following by example. It's always about the crud of society, the black sheep of society that producers seem to think the public wants rather than my old theory of the cream rising to the top.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWantSeemsTodayOpportunityGivenBlackHurtNiceExampleTelevisionTheoryFollowingHarmProducersRisingSheepCreamBeing NiceIt HurtsPedestalBlack Sheep Author:Robin Leach