Physical reality eventually punishes those who deny it

Evidence

The problem with the O-rings was dramatically illustrated by Nobel-Prize-winning physicist Richard Feynman, a member of the commission, who dunked one of the O-rings in a pitcher of ice water that was sitting on the table at one of the public hearings. The facts were the facts. No amount of spin, lies, bullshit, or happy talk could contradict them. After the shuttle crashed, no one much cared about the instinct or intuition of the NASA officials who had thought they could control reality. Soon after, Feynman released a statement that included the following phrase: “for a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for nature cannot be fooled.” — Lee McIntyre, Post-Truth, 347

Categorization

• APHORISMS: Feynman’s ‘nature cannot be fooled’ reads as durable advice about the priority of reality over public relations.
• XREF: connects to: Refusing to answer lies allows them to spread unchallenged among the undecided — Lee McIntyre, Post-Truth, 315; Reality constitutes itself by repressing an unrepresentable Real — Mark Fisher, Capitalist Realism: Is There No…, 40; Alienated people may deny their own oppressive reality as self-defense — Paulo Freire, Pedagogy of the Oppressed, 499 (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• Reality constitutes itself by repressing an unrepresentable Real #expands (0.80) — Mark Fisher, Capitalist Realism, 40
• Alienated people may deny their own oppressive reality as self-defense #qualifies (0.75) — Paulo Freire, Pedagogy of the Oppressed, 499