People
Explanations exist; they have existed for all times, for there is always an easy solution to every human problem – neat, plausible, and wrong.
— H. L. Mencken ‧ 'The Divine Afflatus,' in the New York Evening Mail, November 15, 1917
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Our reading
An editorial interpretation.
This says that for every human problem people have always had a ready answer that feels tidy and sensible, yet turns out to be false. It's a wry warning about how appealing simple explanations are, and how their neatness can mask the fact that they're mistaken.
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