Your idea of progress doesn’t sound like mine. - David Brin

... science demands a terrible price - that we accept what experiments tell us about the universe, whether we like it or not.

Reciprocal accountability, or criticism [is] the only known antidote to error.

It was called ‘the Big Lie’ technique, Johnny. Just sound like you know what you’re talking about — as if you’re citing real facts. Talk very fast. Weave your lies into the shape of a conspiracy theory and repeat your assertions over and over again. Those who want an excuse to hate or blame — those with big but weak egos — will leap at a simple, neat explanation for the way the world is. Those types will never call you on the facts.