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Quote by Thuli Madonsela

“We didn't know if ordinary lunatics or just unstable people on the ground could feel incited to harm me.”

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Thuli Madonsela is a renowned South African lawyer and anti-corruption advocate. Born on September 28, 1962, she is known for her contributions to fighting corruption and upholding justice. more

“Polar bears did very well in the warmer times. They didn't die out at all; they didn't die out in the last 10,000 years, nor during the previous interglacial, nor the one before that. So, they're just used as a deceitful heartthrob; you know, to pluck your heartstrings because the polar bears might die out.”

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Author:Piers Corbyn

“Mars has global warming, but without a greenhouse and without the participation of Martians. These parallel global warmings - observed simultaneously on Mars and on Earth - can only be a straightline consequence of the effect of the one same factor: a long-time change in solar irradiance.”

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“The very foundation of science is to keep the door open to doubt. Precisely because we keep questioning everything, especially our own premises, we are always ready to improve our knowledge. Therefore a good scientist is never ‘certain’. Lack of certainty is precisely what makes conclusions more reliable than the conclusions of those who are certain: because the good scientist will be ready to shift to a different point of view if better elements of evidence, or novel arguments emerge. Therefore certainty is not only something of no use, but is in fact damaging, if we value reliability.”

“Einstein’s 1905 paper came out and suddenly changed people’s thinking about space-time. We’re again in the middle of something like that. When the dust settles, time—whatever it may be—could turn out to be even stranger and more illusory than even Einstein could imagine.”

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“I worry that free imagination is overvalued, and I think this carries risks.”

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“We cannot choose between [economic] growth and sustainability - we must have both”

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Author:Paul Polman

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