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by Kyle R. Cupp<\/p>\n

Over the course of my life, and exacerbated by my efforts at blogging, I\u2019ve developed the bad habit of raising subversive questions in forums where I know I\u2019ll get knee-jerk reactions and probably glares of disapproval. Were I any more sinister, I\u2019d picture these intense frowning faces and grin like Montgomery Burns. My aim has usually not been subversive inquiry for its own sake\u2014I wouldn\u2019t want to be thrown in with the Sowers of Discord. No, my agenda\u2014to use a sometimes insidious-sounding word\u2014has almost always been to advance the course of thought, my own if no one else\u2019s. Yes, occasionally I\u2019ve wanted nothing more than to bang the drums of controversy, but I\u2019ve only given in to this desire when it\u2019s been sunny. Most of the time, I dabble in a little subversive reasoning because it can serve the pursuit of truth by keeping the mind in motion, open to treading, discovering, and making new routes, and always just a little bit dissatisfied with the established modes of thought and the established canon of accepted truths.
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