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"I would remind you to notice where the claim of consensus is invoked. Consensus is invoked only in situations where the science is not solid enough. Nobody says the consensus of scientists agrees that E=mc2. Nobody says the consensus is that the sun is 93 million miles away. It would never occur to anyone to speak that way."

"History dressed up in the glow of love’s kiss turned grief into beauty."

"What separates us from the animals, what separates us from the chaos, is our ability to mourn people we’ve never met."