Novelty of Truth

"He was not a looney. He was the sanest man I ever knew in my life."
--Ted Spindler

Have to crack up when I watch vids like this. As Jim Grant makes comments, caption underneath reads things like:

"Grant: Fed's policy is about manipulation of interest rates."

"Grant: Fed suppressing price mechanism."

As if the truth of these statements is somehow contestable. Would be like me saying:

"Ford: Gravity suppresses man's ability to fly."

"Ford: People die when they get old."

Reason and empirical truths can only be seen as novel when people are not engaging their brains and thinking for themselves.