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“ The most considerable difference I note among men is not in their readiness to fall into error, but in their readiness to acknowledge these inevitable lapses. ”

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Sit down before fact as a little child, be prepared to give up every preconceived notion, follow humbly wherever and to whatever abysses nature leads, or you shall learn nothing. I have only begun to learn content and peace of mind since I have resolved at all risks to do this.

~ Thomas Henry Huxley

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The scientific spirit is of more value than its products, and irrationally held truths may be more harmful than reasoned errors.

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What we call rational grounds for our beliefs are often extremely irrational attempts to justify our instincts.

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I am too much of a skeptic to deny the possibility of anything.

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