shades of knowings
“In the early days there was a lot of black and white thinking, including among people like myself, on this question,” Dr. Vavrus added. “As more and more evidence has come in, it’s clear that there are many shades of gray.”
Maria deliberates, and says no, it was a good death, he died when he had to die, it is like so much else that is good, it is impossible to know.
Now I see it all so clearly.
I know nothing.
sources
- ex “What’s the Polar Vortex? And Other Climate Questions / As much of the United States plunges into a deep freeze, scientists continue to debate how rapid Arctic warming is playing a role.”
The New York Times, December 23, 2022 (A14) : link (paywall)
but try this : link - Roy Jacobsen, The Unseen (2013; Englished by Don Bartlett and Don Shaw, 2016) : 263 : link
- xPropaganda (Susanne Freytag, voc.), “Ribbons of Steel” on The Heart Is Strange (2022) : link
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