{"id":9716,"date":"2014-12-08T08:19:55","date_gmt":"2014-12-08T15:19:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/simonburrow.com\/\/?p=9716"},"modified":"2014-12-02T14:35:06","modified_gmt":"2014-12-02T21:35:06","slug":"platitudes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/simonburrow.com\/?p=9716","title":{"rendered":"Platitudes"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #993300;\">A good way to test if someone is speaking in platitudes is to ask yourself if you can imagine a normal human adult believing the opposite.<\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Economist Donald Boudreaux writing in the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, Aug. 12:<\/em> From the WSJ 8\/15\/2014<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/online.wsj.com\/articles\/notable-quotable-on-platitudes-1408140961\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Link to the full quote here<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_3631.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"9717\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/simonburrow.com\/?attachment_id=9717\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_3631.jpg?fit=3648%2C2736&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"3648,2736\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon PowerShot S90&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1415699763&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;12.845&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;125&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.002&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_3631\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_3631.jpg?fit=700%2C525&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-9717\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_3631-300x225.jpg?resize=421%2C315\" width=\"421\" height=\"315\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_3631.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_3631.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_3631.jpg?resize=250%2C187&amp;ssl=1 250w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_3631.jpg?resize=900%2C675&amp;ssl=1 900w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_3631.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_3631.jpg?w=2100&amp;ssl=1 2100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 421px) 100vw, 421px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A good way to test if someone is speaking in platitudes is to ask yourself if you can imagine a normal human adult believing the opposite. 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