The man who first declared that "seeing" was "believing" laid his finger (whether he knew it himself or not) on one of the fundamental follies of humanity. The easiest of all evidence to receive is the evidence that requires no other judgment to decide on it than the judgment of the eye—and it will be, on that account, the evidence which humanity is most ready to credit, as long as humanity lasts.
The thing that is important is the thing that is not seen.
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, "The Little Prince"
Another month has passed and here is a new rationality quotes thread. The usual rules are: