Charles DarwinWe are not here concerned with hopes or fears, only with truth as far as our reason permits us to discover it.
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A person who believes what they read in the news is not necessarily wrong, but is probably just misinformed. The idea is that you can learn enough about a subject to be able to say with confidence that it is true or false.
Source: The Descent Of Man
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