"People do not react to abstractions. They only react to direct experience. Very few people are even interested in abstractions, and even fewer people can becom

"People do not react to abstractions. They only react to direct experience. Very few people are even interested in abstractions, and even fewer people can become emotionally involved or emotionally react to an abstract thing." - Stanley Kubrick http://youtu.be/xa-KBqOFgDQ?t=51m30s http://youtu.be/xa-KBqOFgDQ?t=51m30s It's worth noting that this was in the context of nothing less than the atom bomb.