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I Eventually Realized That Direct Experience Is The Most Valuable Experience I Can Have. Western Man Is So Surrounded By Ideas, So Bombarded With Opinions, Concepts, And Information Structures Of All Sorts, That It Becomes Difficult To Experience Anything Without The Intervening Filter Of These Structures.

In Science Consensus Is Irrelevant. What Is Relevant Is Reproducible Results.

I Want A News Service That Tells Me What No One Knows But Is True Nonetheless.

The Greatest Challenge Facing Mankind Is The Challenge Of Distinguishing Reality From Fantasy, Truth From Propaganda. Perceiving The Truth Has Always Been A Challenge To Mankind, But In The Information Age (or As I Think Of It, The Disinformation Age) It Takes On A Special Urgency And Importance.

People Were So Naive About Plants, Ellie Thought. They Just Chose Plants For Appearance, As They Would Choose A Picture For The Wall. It Never Occurred To Them That Plants Were Actually Living Things, Busily Performing All The Living Functions Of Respiration, Ingestion, Excretion, Reproduction---and Defense.