Re:Roger Ebert dies at 70 after battle with cancer
by vidarh on Friday April 05, 2013 @04:17AM
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Exactly. My first thought about the Fitzgerald quote is "that's how fundamentalist nutcases are able to function".
The ability to hold mutually contradictory ideas at the same time and continue to function is something we all do - it's a fundamental part of the human psyche. There's nothing special about it. It's just that we generally do it by compartmentalising the ideas to different parts of our lives.
Dealing with multiple contradictory ideas at the same time and knowing and accepting how they contradict, is very different.
The ability to hold mutually contradictory ideas at the same time and continue to function is something we all do - it's a fundamental part of the human psyche. There's nothing special about it. It's just that we generally do it by compartmentalising the ideas to different parts of our lives.
Dealing with multiple contradictory ideas at the same time and knowing and accepting how they contradict, is very different.