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It Is Also True That The Less Competent A Person Is In A Given Domain, The More He Will Tend To Overestimate His Abilities. This Often Produces An Ugly Marriage Of Confidence And Ignorance That Is Very Difficult To Correct For.

In My Own Case, The Most Inflammatory Statements I Have Ever Made Are Ones That I Have Written And Remain Willing To Defend.

It Is Time That We Admitted That Faith Is Nothing More Than The License Religious People Give One Another To Keep Believing When Reasons Fail.

Rather Than Bring The Full Force Of Our Creativity And Rationality To Bear On The Problems Of Ethics, Social Cohesion, And Even Spiritual Experience, Moderates Merely Ask That We Relax Our Standard Of Adherence To Ancient Superstitions And Taboos, While Otherwise Maintaining A Belief System That Was Passed Down To Us From Men And Women Whose Lives Were Simply Ravaged By Their Basic Ignorance About The World.

The Wealthiest Americans Often Live As Though They And Their Children Had Nothing To Gain From Investments In Education, Infrastructure, Clean-energy, And Scientific Research.