A Ministry Of Truth - #275 of 3,762,354

On This Day In History
1986: Test triggers nuclear disaster at Chernobyl

Quote Of The Day
"What is the cost of lies? It's not that we'll mistake them for the truth. The real danger is that if we hear enough lies, then we no longer recognise the truth at all."
(Valery Legasov, Chernobyl)

Bonus Quote Of The Day
"We have the right to our own beliefs but not our own facts is a common refrain, the potency of which is rendered moot by the fact that inconvenient truths are dextrously circumnavigated by the spirited belief that knowing the truth is less valuable than the prize of a shared fiction."
(Brian Goedken)

If we tell everybody that there is no danger at Chernobyl, perhaps it will not be dangerous.
If we tell everybody there were more people at Donald Trump's inauguration than there were at Barack Obama's inauguration, perhaps it will be true.
If we say the Capitol was not stormed on January 6, 2021, then perhaps it won’t have been.

Sorry, no matter how people may wish it to be otherwise, the truth is not statistical. However, it can be extremely elusive when there are too many alternative truths in circulation.

I miss Randy Rainbow, but I don't miss the monster who fed his creativity.

Randy Rainbow