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To choose dogma and faith over doubt and experience is to throw ou

To choose dogma and faith over doubt and experience is to throw out the ripening vintage and to reach greedily for the Kool-Aid. – Christopher Hitchens

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Its impossible, I think, however much Id become disillusioned politically or evolve into a post-political person, I dont think Id ever change my view that socialism is the best political moment humans have ever come up with. – Christopher Hitchens

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Theres been some research in cognitive science, Im told, that discloses that there have always been perhaps 10 to 15 percent of people who are, as Pascal puts it, so made that they cannot believe. To us, when people talk about faith, its white noise. – Christopher Hitchens

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