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Now this is important: Expertise must be earned. Other people know things you don’t because they have learned, worked, and lived in ways you haven’t. Climate experts are experts because they have spent a lifetime studying, asking questions,
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“Freedom of speech does not protect you from the consequences of saying stupid shit.
[Blog post, March 12, 2012]”
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[Blog post, March 12, 2012]”
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“1. Bullying is not okay. Period.
2. Freedom of religion does not give you the right to physically or verbally assault people.
3. If your sincerely-held religious beliefs require you to bully children, then your beliefs are fucked up.”
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2. Freedom of religion does not give you the right to physically or verbally assault people.
3. If your sincerely-held religious beliefs require you to bully children, then your beliefs are fucked up.”
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“The two most common elements in the universe are Hydrogen and stupidity.”
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“...bookstores, libraries... they're the closest thing I have to a church.”
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“Any factual errors that remain are entirely the fault of Bob, who snuck into the offices at DAW to try to sabotage my book. I hate that guy.”
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Sword & Sorcery: "An earthier sort of fantasy"
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