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“Like stem-cell research, another potentially transformative force for good, free trade is held in check largely by the stupid, the ignorant, and the superstitious.”
― Steven E. Landsburg, The Big Questions: Tackling the Problems of Philosophy with Ideas from Mathematics, Economics, and Physics

“Only the philosophers, apparently, are so insecure about the progress of their own subject that they still offer courses mired in antiquity.”
― Steven E. Landsburg, The Big Questions: Tackling the Problems of Philosophy with Ideas from Mathematics, Economics, and Physics

“Many of us worry today about a growing gap between the great mass of mere mortals and an internationalised and (metaphorically) incestuous elite, flitting between the luxury hotels and Michelin-starred restaurants of London, New York and Singapore or gathering for closed-door festivals of self-congratulation in the picture-book-perfect Alpine resort of Davos.”
― Ian Morris, Geography Is Destiny: Britain and the World: A 10,000-Year History

“Even where the experts are untrammeled, what “all the experts” are most likely to agree on is the need for using expertise to deal with problems.”
― Thomas Sowell, Intellectuals and Society