Khan's Castle

Yet another killer column from Hanson, the key phrase in which is "The Europe that believes in everything turns out to believe in nothing". That single idea occurred to me the other day while thinking about religion, the 60's and other things, to wit, if you open up the definition of a concept far enough to be all inclusive, the definition ceases to be useful. At that point, the topic in question can't even be discussed because of definitional meaninglessness: Lines of reasoning turn to mush because the axioms and definitions they're based on simply won't support anything. All clarity evanescently disappears; everything becomes pure opinion. People then bicker, not discuss.

Sound familiar?