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"What most human beings really want to attain is not knowledge, but certainty. Gaining real knowledge requires taking risks and keeping the mind open—but most people prefer to be reassured rather than to learn the complex and often unsettling truth about anything."
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"Many problems of modern society cannot be solved by laws and the legal system because moral behavior cannot be legislated."
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"The way students and scholars interpret the materials they work with in their academic fields is more a matter of personality than of training. Different interpretations come about when people with different personalities look at exactly the same objects, facts, data, or events and see different things."
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"It is dangerous to trust only intelligence."
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"As we acquire more knowledge, things do not become more comprehensible, but more complex and more mysterious."
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"It is a grave mistake to theorize before one has data."
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"Scandals—whether in politics, academia, or other areas—can be useful. They focus our attention on problems in ways that no speaker or reformer ever could."
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"Practicality is now our great idol, which all powers and talents must serve. Anything that is not obviously practical has little value in today's world."
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"It is easy to welcome innovation and accept new ideas. What most people find difficult, however, is accepting the way these new ideas are put into practice."
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