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Nothing makes clearer the limits of science than the scientist’s opinions about any topic that is not strictly related to his profession.

— Nicolás Gómez Dávila

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Source: Escolios a un Texto Implícito: Selección (Bogotá: Villegas Editores, 2001), p. 203
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