{"id":21076,"date":"2026-06-08T10:47:33","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T17:47:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/simonburrow.com\/?p=21076"},"modified":"2026-06-01T10:55:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T17:55:12","slug":"facts-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/simonburrow.com\/?p=21076","title":{"rendered":"Facts Change"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" data-attachment-id=\"21077\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/simonburrow.com\/?attachment_id=21077\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/P5170016.jpg?fit=1500%2C1125&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1500,1125\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4.9&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;uD800,S800&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1211036156&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;24&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;64&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.00625&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/P5170016.jpg?fit=700%2C525&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/P5170016.jpg?resize=700%2C525&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21077\" style=\"width:408px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/P5170016.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/P5170016.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/P5170016.jpg?resize=150%2C113&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/P5170016.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/P5170016.jpg?w=1500&amp;ssl=1 1500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/P5170016.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-large-font-size\"><strong>\u201cWhen the facts change, I change my mind. <\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Wha<\/strong>t <strong>do you do, <u>sir<\/u>?\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>John Maynard Keynes<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--nextpage-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Keynes said this in 1938 to a reporter who accused him of \u201cflip flopping.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Photo is the last of the Olympus flower series. 2008+\/-<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cWhen the facts change, I change my mind. 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