When people learn no tools of judgment and merely follow their hopes, …

Stephen Jay Gould
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When people learn no tools of judgment and merely follow their hopes, the seeds of political manipulation are sown. ✨ An Urchin in the Storm: Essays About Books and Ideas. Book by Stephen Jay Gould. The Quack Detector, p. 245, 1987.
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