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Old 02-December-2008, 04:25 PM
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Originally Posted by Ara Pacis View Post
It's not just the ignorant, the enlightened are capable of it too. Due to progress in science, it sometimes seems like todays enlightenment is tomorrow's ignorance.
Indeed.
Reviewing history we find much of what was once accepted as fact proved wrong.
Knowing this, why would anyone in his right mind think that what we know today won't be disproved tomorrow?
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