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If you agree with Schopenhauer on "All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as bein
by dustinupdyke 15y ago
If you agree with Schopenhauer on "All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident." and if you accept that the space Dave operates is populated by hackers, entrepreneurs and lots of other people looking for the next big thing, then his point is particularly poignant:
> Okay, you say it's weird. And I say weird is good. People
who show originality openly, without fear, are people I
admire. And people I stand up for.
Well put Dave. I agree.
edit: Fixed grammatical error.
- estel 15y agoThe way that that quote gets used doesn't make sense to me. Even given that all truth does pass through those three stages, that doesn't mean that something passing through the first two stages is especially likely to be ever accepted as self-evident.
- lyso 15y agoRight. They laughed at Einstein... But they also laughed at Bozo the Clown.
- dustinupdyke 15y agoBoth were quite successful at doing their own thing. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bozo_the_Clown http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bozo_the_Clown
- dustinupdyke 15y agoThat is perspective. Used in the context of looking forward, its just positive reinforcement.
- nasmorn 15y agoI would say either we all demand parrots for our business trip in tge future or Schopenhauer lost a lot of credibility here.
- ugh 15y agoRidicule and violent opposition may be a necessary conditions for something to be true (not sure whether I agree with that but that doesn’t really matter), but they are certainly not sufficient.