“He [H.G. Wells] has abandoned the sensational theory with the same honourable gravity and simplicity with which he adopted it. Then he thought it was true; now he thinks it is not true. He has come to the most dreadful conclusion a literary man can come to, the conclusion that the ordinary view is the right one. It is only the last and wildest kind of courage that can stand on a tower before ten thousand people and tell them that twice two is four.”
I was interested in the context here. Chesterton was referencing Wells’ original belief that the classes would differentiate until the upper class ate the lower class. Wells changed his mind to believe the classes would merge.
--Heretics, G. K. Chesterton
I was interested in the context here. Chesterton was referencing Wells’ original belief that the classes would differentiate until the upper class ate the lower class. Wells changed his mind to believe the classes would merge.
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At the point where those are the two hypothesises being considered there may be larger problems.
I think you’ve got problems at the point where you’re using that language to write your hypotheses.
In the Time Machine, it’s the other way round.