Arthur shrugged helplessly and explained from a different perspective: "You should know I've traveled quite a bit, right? Yet, no matter which country I go to, or which region's people I meet, I can always hear the same sentence. Do you know what that is?"
"What sentence?" Herzen leaned slightly forward, quite interested in this topic.
Arthur repeated in English, French, German, Italian, and Russian: "There is no place more corrupt than here!"
Arthur joked: "You know, I'm a researcher in Natural Philosophy, and from a logical standpoint, this sentence is certainly wrong because not every place can be the most corrupt. But, when you think about it carefully, it also makes sense. The corruption of a place largely depends on where the speaker is currently residing. When you're not settled here, it's honest; when you settle here, it becomes corrupt. This is called the duality of corruption and integrity, and the uncertainty principle."
