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The common good is always in conflict with concern for individuals, and it doesn’t help rational decision making to pretend otherwise. Besides, the common good and the common want may themselves have little to do with each other.

— Harold Lewis Why Flip a Coin? The Art and Science of Good Decisions (1997)

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Despite the babbling of the creationists, evolution is inevitable in a competitive world, and it does work.

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Philosophy is the misuse of a terminology which was invented for just this purpose.

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People who claim there is no such thing as native intelligence are nuts.

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Someone once said that he had made many mistakes in life, but never because he knew too much.

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It is a fallacy of human perception to see patterns that aren’t there, and to see order where there is none.

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