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RussellCattle

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1. Great quote from a philosopher and a scientist. Knowledge was something that...

Reply to NNadir (Original post)

Wed Jan 20, 2021, 03:15 AM

Jan 2021

....we accumulate over time, not just something we have and preserve. Thanks for posting this on the eve of what we can hope is a rebirth in the role of truth, and science, in our lives.

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Truth is the daughter of time, not of authority. [View all] NNadir Jan 2021 OP

Great quote from a philosopher and a scientist. Knowledge was something that... RussellCattle Jan 2021 #1

Authority is the son of BULLSHIT! AmyStrange Jan 2021 #2

Come to think of it, and not to stir THAT pot again, but... AmyStrange Jan 2021 #3

Well, they were contemporaries. They certainly knew how to... NNadir Jan 2021 #4

Thank God... AmyStrange Jan 2021 #5