Raymond Moody, M.D., Ph.D. – Nonsense is a valuable part of language that deserves serious study. Even so, some people resist the idea of rational studies of nonsense. What is the peculiar stigma that many people attach to unintelligible nonsense?
Nonsense is surrounded by several entrenched misconceptions, faulty assumptions, and half-truths. Most people have a bad attitude toward nonsense, and their bad attitude stems mostly from the strongly negative connotation of the pejorative word nonsense.