We chart delusions through collective agreement.

Siri Hustvedt
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Everyone on Earth has his or her own set of beliefs and ideas on what’s right and what’s wrong. (For an interesting discussion of the brain’s influence on human behavior, see The Brain That Changes Itself by Norman Doidge, M.D.) We all agree that murder is wrong, but we also all know that sometimes people have to die so others can live. Thus, we all believe in murder, but no one wants to be murdered. Thus, we agree to disagree on murder, but not on everything else.

Source: The Summer Without Men

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