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[T]here is an important distinction between science and scientists. I have the greatest respect for science, whose development has transformed the world for the better. But scientists are no better and no worse than anyone else. There are good scientists and there are bad scientists. Many scientists are outstanding people working long hours to produce important results. They must be frustrated that political activists then turn those results into propaganda. Yet they dare not speak out for fear of losing their funding.
— Nigel Lawson
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Today is Tuesday, June 27th, the 178th day of 2023. There are 187 days left in the year. It is Decide to Be Married Day, PTSD Awareness Day, Helen Keller Day, National Bingo Day, and National Sunglasses Day.
On This Day
In 1844, Joseph Smith, founder of the Latter Day Saint movement, and his brother Hyrum Smith, were killed by a mob at the Carthage, Illinois jail.
In 1905, sailors started a mutiny aboard the Russian battleship Potemkin.
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