Inspect every piece of pseudoscience and you will find a security blanket, a thumb to suck, a skirt to hold. What does the scientist have to offer in exchange? Uncertainty! Insecurity!
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If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them.
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Permalink to quote #49 I believe that only scientists can understand the universe. It is not so much that I have confidence in scientists being right, but that I have so much in nons…
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