Your fearless mind is not stronger than a pistol whip to the face.

Roaming the late night Isles of SW I came across this



On the surface the quote sounds wise and moving until I actually read it.

A fearless mind is stronger than any weapon.

Well I hate to be the one with the bad news, but no, it is not.You come up with your fearless mind and let me pistol whip you across the face a couple of times, then tell me which is stronger between your mind and the butt of my pistol

I realized that in our nature to gravitate towards authority, we also are partial to expertise. So any quote , having the authors name following, immediately brings up images of, this guy must know something about this stuff because someone thought enough of him to actually save one of his quotes..

But it doesn't really matter what is said, as long as I use that format, the brain will be tricked into accepting it as real.

For example...

A thumb in the butt, is better than two in the ear

- Sir JuicyFruityshtein

Which could easily bring up a conversation like this. At work

John...That's right Bob, you know what they say, a thumb in the butt is better than two in the ear..
Bob..HaHa you're so funny John, i know right?? I was just thinking about that.

Or I can say

Light is when darkness goes away.
- Dali Lama Bananarama.

Right there, Pam !!

Famous quotes .

And this deep attraction that we feel about a figure of authority and about expertise, allows us to make sense and believe Trump when he says...

" I went to an Ivy League school. I'm very highly educated I know words. I have the best words. "
- Donald Trump


Or when Biden said...

" If you have a problem figuring out whether you're for me or Trump, then you ain't Black "
- Joe Biden

Same thing.

So next time you see yourself or someone else quoting something ridiculous and believing it, don't blame them or yourselves. It's just how our brains are wired..