Word: absurdity
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...according to Doctor Meiklejohn, and the first of these is that he must not be swayed from his own opinion by popular prejudice. Putting the thesis contrariwise, for the man in the street" to tell the teacher, the specialist in thinking, at what conclusion he must arrive is as absurd as for the patient to tell the doctor what kind of medicine to use. This doctrine is all right so long as the teacher remembers that he is the teacher and not the master of his pupil's mind. Let him advance his opinion together with the opinions of others...
...agrees with the New York Times that "the University authorities well might search their hearts carefully to find out how it happens that even one of the young men whom they were supposed to be teaching reason and truth should have been led astray by such vicious and absurd arguments as the Ku Klux Klan has been presenting to them...
...still grave obstacles that his theories must hurdle both on the medical and bacteriological and on the mechanical side. The vast majority of reputable scientists who will express an opinion believe the scheme unmitigated charlatanism. The idea of specific vibratory rates for given diseases is not inherently an absurd one, and such men as Dr. Crile (TIME, Nov. 5) may evolve a scientific electronic analysis of the body. But Abrams' case would appear to be negated by patent absurdities...
...felt something wrapping itself around his leg. Investigation showed that Morris, who was later removed to a hospital, had invaded the lair of 27 fierce snakes. On behalf of the town of Chipley, Fla., the Orange County Chamber of Commerce branded as " a silly lie, false and absurd," the story (broadcasted a month ago through the press of the nation) that colored babies were being used at Chipley for alligator bait. In its issue for Oct. 15, TIME printed the fact that the report had been circulated, but in no wise vouched for its authenticity. TIME'S story...
...Dressing up a sermon to look like a lecture, or brazenly substituting timely-topic talks would spoil chapel for those who honestly want a religious service; and the others who might go could certainly not deceive themselves into thinking that they were going to a chapel. It would be absurd to turn the morning service into a forum and delight in the multitudes be attracted by the novelty or the merit of the new system. Undoubtedly, talks on interesting subjects would bring out interested audience, but like the inescapable flowers, and so forth, they have absolutely nothing to do with...