They dispute not in order to find or even to seek Truth, but for victory, and to appear the more learned and strenuous upholders of a contrary opinion. Such persons should be avoided by all who have not a good breastplate of patience.
“The time span between the ‘rebel’ — the ‘revolution’ — and total social acceptance is getting shorter and shorter… In the future, you’ll get some radical new ideas, but within 3 minutes it’s totally accepted, and it’s coming out in your local supermarket.”
J. G. Ballard