“A platitude is precisely what is left of a truth after it has been drained of all emotion. To resaturate that dried husk with feeling is to see it again for what it is: the loveliest and most deeply rooted of truths, hidden in plain sight.”—Michael Pollan https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/24/books/review/psychedelics-how-to-change-your-mind.html …
It's not lack of emotion that makes a statement a platitude. It's not being surprising.
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The language is tricky, it’s also not the truth that is dehydrated/rehydrated, it’s ourselves. What’s he’s talking about could be better rephrased as allowing ourselves to -experience- the most foundational truths as “novel”.
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Novelty, or “surprise” tells our brain an experience is important to pay attention to, like a neural network receiving radically new data in training. The effect of this surprise is often further intense positive emotion.
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