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One of the saddest lessons of history is this: If we've been
bamboozled long enough, we tend to reject any evidence of the
bamboozle. We're no longer interested in finding out the truth. The
bamboozle has captured us. It is simply too painful to acknowledge -
even to ourselves - that we've been so credulous.

Carl Sagan
--The Fine Art of Baloney Detection
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