“The energy needed to refute BS is of an order of magnitude greater than the effort needed to produce the BS in the first place. ”
Brandolini’s law
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Advances which permit this norm to be exceeded -- here and there, now and then -- are the work of an extremely small minority, frequently despised, often condemned, and almost always opposed by all right-thinking people. Whenever this tiny minority is kept from creating, or (as sometimes happens) is driven out of a society, the people then slip back into abject poverty. This is known as "bad luck." -- Robert A. Heinlein
On the North River 
I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again. Too bad some animals didn’t live as long as some people, and some people didn’t live as long as some animals. Can you imagine Proteo living as long as George Soros and Soros croaking when he’s ten?
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