by Pops » Sun 27 Apr 2008, 18:47:12
My Funk and Wagnells says delusion is:
An idiosyncratic belief or impression that is firmly maintained despite being contradicted by what is generally accepted as reality.
I kinda think as a new reality changes our generally accepted reality, our idiosyncratic beliefs will probably change too.
We are in the trance of ancient creatures' remains...
The legitimate object of government, is to do for a community of people, whatever they need to have done, but can not do, at all, or can not, so well do, for themselves -- in their separate, and individual capacities.
-- Abraham Lincoln, Fragment on Government (July 1, 1854)