![]() ![]() It’s a dissonance that creates the most unavoidable of intellectual paradoxes: If you ask any smart person if they believe there are major ideas currently accepted by the culture at large that will eventually be proven false, he or she will say, “Well, of course. Sometimes these seem like questions only a child would ask, since children aren’t paralyzed by the pressures of consensus and common sense. ![]() What about ideas that are so accepted and internalized that we’re not even in a position to question their fallibility? These are ideas so ingrained into the collective consciousness that it seems foolhardy to even wonder if they’re potentially untrue. ![]() Here, for instance, is how Klosterman phrases the central conundrum of But What If We’re Wrong? (though the title question might just be the most succinct way of putting it) from the book’s introduction: But, hey, just for shits and giggles, let’s let Klosterman do it himself. I don’t mean to disparage Klosterman’s books, but rather to explore the topic of his newest one and apply it to his work. ![]()
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