Crynk

Observational evidence is not good evidence, and has a tendency to be taken too far.

This reminds me of one of my favorite quotes by Carl Sagan. He explains that the clouds on Venus obscured the surface, so some hypothesized this meant it must be humid. Which means a jungle. An intense jungle. What would live in a crazy jungle? Dinosaurs. Thus the line:

"Observation: I can't see a thing. Conclusion: Dinosaurs"


Masochist : "Chain me, spank me, whip me !"
Sadist : "No."

"The Earth is a very small stage in a vast cosmic arena. Think of the rivers of blood spilled by all those generals and emperors so that, in glory and triumph, they could become the momentary masters of a fraction of a dot. Think of the endless cruelties visited by the inhabitants of one corner of this pixel on the scarcely distinguishable inhabitants of some other corner, how frequent their misunderstandings, how eager they are to kill one another, how fervent their hatred."