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A coot will usually blink when hit in the head with a ball-peen hammer

“Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.” Isaac Asimov
Panta Rhei Heraclitus

"If a pig had a better personality, he would cease to be a filthy animal."