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Murray Gell-Mann Quotes: I would recommend that skeptics devote even more effort than they do now to understanding the reasons why so many people want or need to believe.
         

I would recommend that skeptics devote even more effort than they do now to understanding the reasons why so many people want or need to believe.


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