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They passed a farmhouse, a simple shack surrounded by animals — a lazy burro, clucking chickens, a litter of pigs. The farmhouse stood alone in the desolate landscape. There was no sign of a living person anywhere. And then it was gone, lost in the swirling dust plume of the car.

— Michael Crichton

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We are all assumed, these days, to reside at one extreme of the opinion spectrum, or another.

Hence the familiar ideas continue to be repeated, long past their demonstrable validity.

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This polarization of the issues has contributed greatly to our national paralysis, because it posits false choices which stifle debate essential to change.

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