Belief is the death of intelligence

Quote by Robert Anton Wilson

Topics: Belief Quotes, Intelligence Quotes

History, sociology, economics, psychology et al. confirmed Joyce's view of Everyman as victim.

History, sociology, economics, psychology et al. confirmed Joyce's view of Everyman as victim.

Horror is the natural reaction to the last 5,000 years of history.

Horror is the natural reaction to the last 5,000 years of history.

It only takes 20 years for a liberal to become a conservative without changing a...

It only takes 20 years for a liberal to become a conservative without changing a...

Belief is the death of intelligence. As soon as one believes a doctrine of any...

Belief is the death of intelligence. As soon as one believes a doctrine of any...

A monopoly on the means of communication may define a ruling elite more precisely than...

A monopoly on the means of communication may define a ruling elite more precisely than...

The Right's view of government and the Left's view of big business are both correct.

The Right's view of government and the Left's view of big business are both correct.

All phenomena are real in some sense, unreal in some sense, meaningless in some sense,...

All phenomena are real in some sense, unreal in some sense, meaningless in some sense,...

Ego is a social fiction for which one person at a time gets all the...

Ego is a social fiction for which one person at a time gets all the...

I think I got off on the wrong planet. Beam me up Scotty, there's no...

I think I got off on the wrong planet. Beam me up Scotty, there's no...

On a planet that increasingly resembles one huge Maximum Security prison, the only intelligent choice...

On a planet that increasingly resembles one huge Maximum Security prison, the only intelligent choice...

Animals outline their territories with their excretions, humans outline their territories by ink excretions on...

Animals outline their territories with their excretions, humans outline their territories by ink excretions on...

Philadelphia merely seems dull because it's next to exciting Camden, New Jersey.

Philadelphia merely seems dull because it's next to exciting Camden, New Jersey.

The Bible tells us to be like God, and then on page after page it...

The Bible tells us to be like God, and then on page after page it...

The abandoned infant's cry is rage, not fear.

The abandoned infant's cry is rage, not fear.

Humans live through their myths and only endure their realities.

Humans live through their myths and only endure their realities.

Consciousness itself is an infinite regress. This explains coincidences.

Consciousness itself is an infinite regress. This explains coincidences.

A true initiation never ends.

A true initiation never ends.

Most people live in a myth and grow violently angry if anyone dares to tell...

Most people live in a myth and grow violently angry if anyone dares to tell...

The Grail is the womb of the beloved.

The Grail is the womb of the beloved.

Nobody sees the obvious, nobody observes the ordinary. There are more miracles in a square...

Nobody sees the obvious, nobody observes the ordinary. There are more miracles in a square...