Man Traveled to the Moon because it was Impossible
What [man landing on the moon] is doing up there is indulging his obsession with the impossible. The impossible infuriates and tantalizes him. Show him an impossible job and he will reduce it to a possibility so trite that eventually it bores him.
Baker Russell Wayne, Why on Earth Are We There? Because It's Impossible (21 Jul 1969)
Notes
The impossible infuriates us, so we must make it possible so it can become mundane and boring.
References
- Why on Earth Are We There? Because It's Impossible Magazine Article
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- law, govt and politics government 61%
- science social science history 35%
- science 28%
Keywords
impossible infuriates, impossible job, man landing, moon, obsession, possibility