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    Hardly a year passes that fails to find a new, oft-times exotic, research method or technique added to the armamentarium of political inquiry. Anyone who cannot negotiate Chi squares, assess randomization, statistical significance, and standard deviations is less than illiterate; he is preconscious.

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Thinking is the hardest work there is. Which is the probable reason why so few engage in it.

Thinking is the hardest work there is. Which is the probable reason why so few engage in it.

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When the lay public rallies round to an idea that is denounced by distinguished by elderly scientists and supports the read more

When the lay public rallies round to an idea that is denounced by distinguished by elderly scientists and supports the idea with great fervour and emotion, the distinguished but elderly scientests are then, after all, right. -Isaac Asimov.

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640K ought to be enough for anybody.

640K ought to be enough for anybody.

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I'm projecting somewhere between 100 million and 200 million computers [on the Net] by the end of December 2000, and read more

I'm projecting somewhere between 100 million and 200 million computers [on the Net] by the end of December 2000, and about 300 million users by that same time.

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URLs are the 800 numbers of the 1990's.

URLs are the 800 numbers of the 1990's.

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You cannot feed the hungry on statistics.

You cannot feed the hungry on statistics.

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Research is the process of going up alleys to see if they are blind.

Research is the process of going up alleys to see if they are blind.

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Surgery is the red flower that blooms among the leaves and thorns that are the rest of medicine.

Surgery is the red flower that blooms among the leaves and thorns that are the rest of medicine.

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... it is certain that the real function of art is to increase our self-consciousness; to make us more aware read more

... it is certain that the real function of art is to increase our self-consciousness; to make us more aware of what we are, and therefore of what the universe in which we live really is. And since mathematics, in its own way, also performs this function, it is not only aesthetically charming but profoundly significant. It is an art, and a great art.

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