{"id":6553,"date":"2019-04-29T08:16:08","date_gmt":"2019-04-29T13:16:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.blackgate.net\/blog\/?p=6553"},"modified":"2019-04-29T08:16:08","modified_gmt":"2019-04-29T13:16:08","slug":"folly-thou-conquerest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blackgate.net\/blog\/folly-thou-conquerest\/","title":{"rendered":"Folly, thou conquerest"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Folly, thou conquerest, and I must yield!<br> Against stupidity the very gods<br> Themselves contend in vain. Exalted reason,<br> Resplendent daughter of the head divine,<br> Wise foundress of the system of the world,<br> Guide of the stars, who art thou then if thou,<br> Bound to the tail of folly&#8217;s uncurbed steed,<br> Must, vainly shrieking with the drunken crowd,<br> Eyes open, plunge down headlong in the abyss.<br> Accursed, who striveth after noble ends,<br> And with deliberate wisdom forms his plans!<br> To the fool-king belongs the world. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> &#8212; Friedrich Schiller, predicting the existence of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2019\/04\/09\/711432792\/new-york-declares-health-emergency-as-measles-spreads-in-parts-of-brooklyn\">anti-vaxxers<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/its-already-begun-feedback-loops-will-make-climate-change-even-worse-scientists-say-090000011.html\">climate deniers<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Folly, thou conquerest, and I must yield! Against stupidity the very gods Themselves contend in vain. 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