Just So You Know

Another Quote from Atlas Shrugged...

“You see, Dr. Stadler, people don’t want to think. And the deeper they get into trouble, the less they want to think. But by some sort of instinct, they feel that they ought to and it makes them feel guilty. So they’ll bless and follow anyone who gives them a justification for not thinking. Anyone who makes a virtue - a highly intellectual virtue - out of what they know to be their sin, their weakness, and their guilt.”
“And you propose to pander to that?”
“That is the road to popularity.”
Why should you seek popularity?
Dr. Ferris’s eyes moved casually to Dr. Stadler’s face as if by pure accident. “We are a public institution,” he answered evenly, “supported by public funds.”

Why do the people who don't want to think call me to think for them?

posted by Shondratasha @ 18:57