It's easy to commit to sinister explanations even though there are also non-sinister options. It is easy to conclude that what you see is true and that it's the only truth. Errol Morris does a beautiful job conveying this message simply.
If you have time to watch the video, watch it here. If you don't have time, the main point of the conversation is below. As is true with most of Errol Morris' work, the story is much more than the verbal content of a conversation. Watch the video for voice, for expression, for person.
"If you have any fact which you think is really sinister, right... is really obviously a fact which can only point to some sinister
underpinning... hey forget it man, because you can never on your own think up all
the non-sinister perfectly valid explanations for that fact. A cautionary tale."
What is the black umbrella in your life?
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