"Science ... must be absorbed in order to inculcate that wonderful humility before the facts of nature that comes from close attention to a textbook, and that unwillingness to learn from Authority that comes from making almost verbatim lecture notes and handing them back to the professor."

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Source : Anthony Standen (1950). “Science is a sacred cow”

Anthony Standen

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“Cross-dressing is more of a set of actions or behaviors and not synonymous with gender identity (straight, gay, bisexual, transgender, among others).”
“Every problem that is interesting is also soluble.”

Source : David Deutsch's response to the Edge Annual Question: "What is Your Law?", www.edge.org. 2004.
“John Keats / John Keats / John / Please put your scarf on.”
“The real lost souls don't wear their hair long and play guitars. They have crew cuts and trained minds, sign on for research in biological warfare, and don't give their parents a moment's worry.”
“Every step by which men add to their knowledge and skills is a step also by which they can control other men.”
“The trial of Ernst Zundel has gone down in Canadian history.”
“You drive the car, you don't carry it.”
“There is no greater pleasure in the world than riding a good horse.”

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