J. D. Trout Quotes

The important question is whether [a theory] is true, not whether envisioning an alternative is too intellectually painful to bear.

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• The important question is whether [a theory] is true, not whether envisioning an alternative is too intellectually painful to bear.

  

  J. D. Trout
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