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I am a doubting Thomas, an asker of impertinent questions. If some stuffed shirt with a string of letters after his name tells me that such-and-such is true, my response is ‘Show me the data.’

I am a doubting Thomas, an asker of impertinent questions. If some stuffed shirt with a string of letters after his name tells me that such-and-such is true, my response is ‘Show me the data.’

December 3, 2016 Nate

— Judith Rich Harris , No Two Alike P. x

I am a doubting Thomas, an asker of impertinent questions. If some stuffed shirt with a string of letters after his name tells me that such-and-such is true, my response is ‘Show me the data.’”


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