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— Rene Descartes"Few look for truth; many prowl about for a reputation of profundity by arrogantly challenging whichever arguments are the best."
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... it is because one can build a compelling set of arguments - informed by science and thoroughly compatible with it - that to believe in anything despite the complete lack of evidence is, in fact, irrational.
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