"You ask if anyone has 'tested the concept.' But why would anyone test reality? Reality is not for testing, but for living with." - Matt Hughes

A lifelong habit of being right also had the effect of diminishing one’s social appeal, especially among those who prefer to keep the bubble of their various illusions a safe distance from a needle-sharp and probing intelligence.

"I have a plan."
"What kind of plan?"
"A daring and bold one," he said.
"Is that wise?"
"It has to be that kind of plan. It's that kind of cosmos."

"We all use the world, and are used by it," he said, after a moment. "Some of us are more aware than others of using and being used. It is our fortune to have fewer illusions."