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We Live In A World Of Frightful Givens. It Is Given That You Will Behave Like This, Given That You Will Care About That. No One Thinks About The Givens. Isn't It Amazing? In The Information Society, Nobody Thinks. We Expected To Banish Paper, But We Actually Banished Thought.

Historically, The Claim Of Consensus Has Been The First Refuge Of Scoundrels; It Is A Way To Avoid Debate By Claiming That The Matter Is Already Settled. Whenever You Hear The Consensus Of Scientists Agrees On Something Or Other, Reach For Your Wallet, Because You're Being Had. The Greatest Scientists In History Are Great Precisely Because They Broke With The Consensus.

Science Can't Tell You Why Anything Happens.

In A Media-saturated World, Persistent Hype Lends Unwarranted Credulity To The Wildest Claims.

Scientific Power Is Like Inherited Wealth; Attained Without Discipline. You Read About What Others Have Done, And You Take The Next Step. You Can Do It Very Young. You Can Make Progress Very Fast.