“The male has a negative Midas Touch - everything he touches turns to shit.”
Source: SCUM MANIFESTO (1967), p. 5 (hyphen (not en- or em-dash) so in original).
“Legendary King Midas never knew the feel of silk or a human hand after everything he touched turned to gold. Humans are stuck in a similar Midas-like predicament: we can't directly experience the true texture of reality because everything we touch turns to matter.”
Source: Quantum Reality - Beyond The New Physics, Chapter 10, Quantum Realities: Four More, p. 194
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