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COINCIDENTALLY AS HELL, I WATCHED "THE THING" LAST NIGHT (WELL, EARLIER THIS MORNING, WAY EARLIER) AND THOUGHT "THIS IS A LOT LIKE H.P. LOVECRAFT'S AT THE MOUNTAINS OF MADNESS". I WAS FLIPPING THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA AND SAW THAT IT'S LOVECRAFT'S BIRTHDAY TODAY! HOW AWESOME. MY FAVORITE THING HE EVER WROTE, THE TRUEST THING HE EVER WROTE, IS:

“THE MOST MERCIFUL THING IN THE WORLD, I THINK, IS THE INABILITY OF THE HUMAN MIND TO CORRELATE ALL ITS CONTENTS. WE LIVE ON A PLACID ISLAND OF IGNORANCE IN THE MIDST OF BLACK SEAS OF INFINITY, AND IT WAS NOT MEANT THAT WE SHOULD VOYAGE FAR. THE SCIENCES, EACH STRAINING IN ITS OWN DIRECTION, HAVE HITHERTO HARMED US LITTLE; BUT SOME DAY THE PIECING TOGETHER OF DISSOCIATED KNOWLEDGE WILL OPEN UP SUCH TERRIFYING VISTAS OF REALITY, AND OF OUR FRIGHTFUL POSITION THEREIN, THAT WE SHALL EITHER GO MAD FROM THE REVELATION OR FLEE FROM THE LIGHT INTO THE PEACE AND SAFETY OF A NEW DARK AGE.”

SO FAR, I THINK PEOPLE HAVE BEEN VERY GOOD ABOUT REMAINING CURIOUS, BUT YOU HAVE THOSE THAT CLING TO OLD THOUGHTS BECAUSE THEY ARE AFRAID. AFRAID OF THE TRUTH BECAUSE IT HAMMERS HOME THE FACT THAT IN THE UNIVERSE, TO PUT IT COLLOQUIALLY, WE AIN'T SHIT.