The Prediction I Can Make

The Sky Calls To Us. If We Do Not Destroy Ourselves, We Will One Day Venture To The Stars.

Not All Bits Have Equal Value.

The Open Road Still Softly Calls.

These Are All Cases Of Proved Or Presumptive Baloney. A Deception Arises, Sometimes Innocently But Collaboratively, Sometimes With Cynical Premeditation. Usually The Victim Is Caught Up In A Powerful Emotion -- Wonder, Fear, Greed, Grief. Credulous Acceptance Of Baloney Can Cost You Money; That's What P. T. Barnum Meant When He Said, 'there's A Sucker Born Every Minute.' But It Can Be Much More Dangerous Than That, And When Governments And Societies Lose The Capacity For Critical Thinking, The Results Can Be Catastrophic -- However Sympathetic We May Be To Those Who Have Bought The Baloney.

[kepler] Preferred The Hard Truth To His Dearest Illusions, And That Is The Heart Of Science.