Feast on two quotes taken from Stephen Jay Gould's essay, Dousing Diminutive Dennis's Debate (a learned discussion concerning the appropriate starting and ending dates of new millennia):
"First - o cursed spite - our disjointed times, and our burgeoning press, provide greatly enhanced opportunity for rehearsal of such narrishkeit ad nauseam; do we not feast upon trivialities to divert attention from the truly portentous issues that engulf us?"
"Neat, except that I think people want to argue passionately about trivial unresolvabilities - lest they be compelled to invest such rambunctious energy in real battle that might kill somebody."
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