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It is a moral imperative to try to find the truth, whether you are a scientist or a person who has a religious or political belief system. You cannot claim to be a person of honor and a good person if you do not want to be part of the process of learning about the world and sharing that knowledge with others. The fact that we cannot have complete, perfect knowledge does not absolve us from our moral duty to judge and to take a stand against evil.
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