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discntnt_irny_srcsm

(18,479 posts) Sat Sep 19, 2020, 08:59 AM Sep 2020

Hey 45, here's what you can learn from a book:

"Do you know what we call opinion in the absence of evidence? We call it prejudice."
― Michael Crichton, State of Fear

Maybe a staffer could read it to him. It doesn't seem like he reads much.

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Hey 45, here's what you can learn from a book: (Original Post) discntnt_irny_srcsm Sep 2020 OP

Asimov always said... PirateRo Sep 2020 #1

I like Asimov discntnt_irny_srcsm Sep 2020 #2

PirateRo

(933 posts)

1. Asimov always said...

Reply to discntnt_irny_srcsm (Original post)

Sat Sep 19, 2020, 09:12 AM

Sep 2020

Everybody has opinions like everybody has thumbs. It is the informed opinion that carries the day.

It’s a great story by one of my favorite authors, even if he got the science wrong.

discntnt_irny_srcsm

(18,479 posts)

2. I like Asimov

Reply to PirateRo (Reply #1)

Sat Sep 19, 2020, 09:19 AM

Sep 2020

"The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom."
― Isaac Asimov

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