I’m going to leave this a bit cryptic, not least because I’m not fully sure myself what I mean by it. Do ponder this, though: what inferences must be made based upon the principle that “the truth is somewhere in the middle”? If we take this “truth” at its word, must the truth not be found somewhere other than the middle?
Empirically, of course, many people repeat stupid, illogical and empirically false arguments for decades, even when they are allegedly “educated”, allegedly “intelligent”, and allegedly concerned for the common welfare.
I will offer as well something of a non sequitur, that when we walk in darkness, it is always our own darkness. And it is the perception alone of our own darkness that creates the possibility of light. It is like the darkness hides within, and only when you have grown to such an extent that it can hide no more does it reveal itself, and create a seemingly dark day. What seemed bright becomes dark. But this is progress. I was pondering last night if the night–literally and figuratively speaking–is perhaps more honest, in offering us no false lights.
I am learning that negatives, cast out from within, mean that I am slowly learning to deny them residence in my psyche.