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In the military, it can be more fatal to admit you made a mistake than to actually make one.

— Nancy Kress Probability Sun (2001)

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She regarded boredom as a moral failing, the mark of a mind insufficiently stocked to occupy itself.

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Science should remain above politics, if it’s to do its job.

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A conclusion is just the place where you got tired of thinking.

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When you don’t know what you’re doing, Kaufman reflected, you can easily recycle from other efforts where you also didn’t know what you were doing.

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