Sunday, March 13, 2005

Distorted Messages

Often repeated lies, become true. This was the basis for the Nazi propaganda (a lie repeated often enough becomes truth).

The problem is that we loose the original meaning of words and entire concepts as a result.

I.e.: doctors like to lease space in office buildings strategically located next to hospitals, and they often call those facilities "Medical Arts Building".

I hope that medicine remains a science, not an art. I.e.: I expect a very precise incision in my body from a scalpel of a very knowledgeable doctor, not a pretty cut.

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