"I can't believe that," said Alice.
"Can't you?' the Queen said in a pitying tone. "Try again: draw a long breath, and shut your eyes."
Alice laughed. "There's no use trying," she said. "One can't believe impossible things."
"I daresay you haven't had much practice," said the Queen. "When I was your age, I always did it for half-an-hour a day. Why, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast."
[LEWISCARROLL,Through the Looking Glass]
This was the opening quote to an article titled "Sex and Death in the Rational World of Defense Intellectuals" and I found it very amusing that an article about nuclear weapons/war was started with a quote such as this. And actually, the entire piece was very interesting and super amusing (I actually chuckled a few times) so click the link and read it if you feel compelled but be warned that it is kinda outrageous.
I think I am guilty (if guilt is to be ascribed) of imaging impossible things very often. Why just today I imagined I had three hands and for a few seconds was confused why I couldn't hold up a bottle of water at a drinking fountain to fill it, press the button to make the water come out and lift a bottle to my mouth (I was, of course, dehydrated) at the same time. Does that count?
"Can't you?' the Queen said in a pitying tone. "Try again: draw a long breath, and shut your eyes."
Alice laughed. "There's no use trying," she said. "One can't believe impossible things."
"I daresay you haven't had much practice," said the Queen. "When I was your age, I always did it for half-an-hour a day. Why, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast."
[LEWISCARROLL,Through the Looking Glass]
This was the opening quote to an article titled "Sex and Death in the Rational World of Defense Intellectuals" and I found it very amusing that an article about nuclear weapons/war was started with a quote such as this. And actually, the entire piece was very interesting and super amusing (I actually chuckled a few times) so click the link and read it if you feel compelled but be warned that it is kinda outrageous.
I think I am guilty (if guilt is to be ascribed) of imaging impossible things very often. Why just today I imagined I had three hands and for a few seconds was confused why I couldn't hold up a bottle of water at a drinking fountain to fill it, press the button to make the water come out and lift a bottle to my mouth (I was, of course, dehydrated) at the same time. Does that count?
