Wednesday, October 03, 2007

Obvious

"Nothing is so obvious that it’s obvious. When someone says that something is obvious, it seems almost certain that it is anything but obvious – even to them. The use of the word 'obvious' indicates the absence of a logical argument – an attempt to convince the reader by asserting the truth of something by saying it a little louder."

That's Errol Morris, from an interesting piece on his New York Times blog.

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