Well that it, isn't it? Yes, there is joy, relief, and even the potential for insight in pure fantasy. Daydreams, nightdreams, and their ilk, fantasy in the arts, even fantasy in math (though those tend to come around to being useful). Why the hell not? Except when not appropriate. '
Lies are a kind of unreality, yet weaponized. Rac…
Well that it, isn't it? Yes, there is joy, relief, and even the potential for insight in pure fantasy. Daydreams, nightdreams, and their ilk, fantasy in the arts, even fantasy in math (though those tend to come around to being useful). Why the hell not? Except when not appropriate. '
Lies are a kind of unreality, yet weaponized. Racisism, aggressive wars, and many kinds of injustice are enabled by lies. Lies gave the US, with perhaps the most advanced technical means of abating a pandemic, the worst comparative record for deaths. Naive or lazy misunderstandings also can kill. The higher the responsibility that is accepted by a professional, the greater the burden for integrity, or should be. Potential existential threats may rise when fantasy is presented as critical reality, and reality is labeled is "fantasy" as in Republican claims against Fauci, climate science, and truthful "fake news".
Well that it, isn't it? Yes, there is joy, relief, and even the potential for insight in pure fantasy. Daydreams, nightdreams, and their ilk, fantasy in the arts, even fantasy in math (though those tend to come around to being useful). Why the hell not? Except when not appropriate. '
Lies are a kind of unreality, yet weaponized. Racisism, aggressive wars, and many kinds of injustice are enabled by lies. Lies gave the US, with perhaps the most advanced technical means of abating a pandemic, the worst comparative record for deaths. Naive or lazy misunderstandings also can kill. The higher the responsibility that is accepted by a professional, the greater the burden for integrity, or should be. Potential existential threats may rise when fantasy is presented as critical reality, and reality is labeled is "fantasy" as in Republican claims against Fauci, climate science, and truthful "fake news".