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Virtually no idea is too ridiculous to be accepted, even by very intelligent and highly educated people, if it provides a way for them to feel special and important. Some confuse that feeling with idealism.
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Thomas Sowell (2005-10-15). Random Thoughts. Retrieved on 2008-02-19.

 

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