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"Magic is just completely fake. It's just another word for lying." -- Penn Jillette, on the random Space Ghost episode that popped up on my playlist

Yeah, you slick conceited asshole. But if you're gonna play those games... so is "literature." So is "culture." Fuck, you probably know some biology, Penn: so is "human perception." All "lies"-- useful, vital ones.

This is a classic example of how a rationalist can be totally factual and completely fucking misled at the same time. -_-

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@zebratron2084 gods, now that i’ve sorta realized this i look back at myself and some of the things i said way back when and shiver x.x

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@Oneironott @zebratron2084
But that's ok!

We all thought we knew everything, back at some nebulous 'then'. The point is that you don't think that way, now, and that's good!

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@Oneironott Good gods, you should've seen some of the stuff I defended when I was around 17 or 18, when I was still a PJ O'Rourke and CS Lewis fan...

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