‘“White!” he sneered. “It serves as a beginning. White cloth may be dyed. The white page can be overwritten; and the white light can be broken.” ‘“In which case it is no longer white,” said I. “And he that breaks a thing to find out what it is has left the path of wisdom.”
Look, this exchange is anti-science in a way that cannot be excused, not even in the context of Tolkien's wartime experiences.
