Political scientists can't predict political behaviors, sociologists can't predict social movements, economists can't predict economic crises, biologists have no idea how many species there are, and let's not even mention meteorologists.
We're a really dumb species.
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Thursday, August 25, 2011
So Let Me Get This Straight
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