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Instant acceptance of an idea is as self-defeating as instant rejection.

— Mark Clifton They'd Rather Be Right (1954)

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People will tie in with a fanatic if for no other reason than to break the monotony of their lives.

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Perhaps, in spite of her brilliance, she’s too young to realize the hostility of the world toward intelligence.

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It (objection to a machine that could think) was the hook used by the rabble rousers, whose monopoly of moral interpretation might be challenged.

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It’s pretty human to smash the guy or the thing which tries to tell us something we don’t want to hear.

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