And, while the young mind wants to believe that simply explaining what it means to the people who are hearing it would make a difference, it doesn't. They will persist, as they always do, in believing what they want to believe.
Old minds want to believe as well.
You know better, though, right? Not that the world is doomed, but that people will persist in what they want to believe in contravention of mere facts or previous statements or what they used to believe just as strongly.
Sadly, yes. I still love the old Enlightment myth.
I also know that newspaper corrections frequently reinforce the prior misstatement in the minds of readers.
Forget the truth. We need some old-fashion manipulation.
Fredericks, all my liiiiiiiiife, you're a frieeeeeeeend of mine
Thanks for bringing it back to Clarence, friend.
I'm still working out which of us winds up with Daryl, and which of us winds up with Little Stevie.
