To preserve the simple self-evident fact that the Earth was the center of the universe all kinds of complex mechanisms had to be devised, cranking the heavenly bodies in epicyclical orbits, around orbits of orbits.

Likewise, to preserve the simple self-evident fact that the principle active cause of inequality between categories of people is prejudice requires development and deployment of all kinds of ingenious critical, sociological and historiological mechanisms.

In both cases we do not wish to remove our minds from the standpoint of our eyeball, and we are willing to sacrifice intelligibility to preserve this one intellectual treasure.