When something terrible happens, we reach for one of two boxes. The person was a monster — there were signs, there always are, and if we look hard enough we'll find them. Or the person was ordinary and something in them broke, an inexplicable flip, a good man gone wrong. After the Cumbria shootings in … Continue reading The Costume of a Fact
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"We have a staggering arrogance in our own belief. That can be tempered by not being 100% certain; by being provisional. No matter what the debate is, very few people have the modesty to suspend judgement on a whole range of things; most intelligent people have an opinion and are expected to have an opinion … Continue reading Fewer Opinions
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