Wednesday, June 19, 2002

 

Ten geographers who think the world is flat will tend to reinforce each other's errors. If they have a private dialect in which they do this, it becomes impossible for outsiders to disagree with them. Only a sailor can set them straight. The last person they want to meet is someone who, freed from those constraints of expertise, has sailed around the world.

John Ralston Saul

8:13 PM

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