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Cooks Aktivisten »löschen« jetzt aus ihrer Erhebung 66 Prozent der »neutralen Studien« heraus, diese gehen fortan nicht mehr in die Bewertung ein. Unter den verbliebenen 4014 Beiträgen finden sie plötzlich nur noch 118 Positionen, die sich explizit gegen die These des anthropogenen Klimawandels stellen. Et voilà: Die »Einigkeit von 97 Prozent aller Wissenschaftler« pro anthropogener Klimakrise wurde bewiesen.
Vom Verlust Der Freiheit
Raymond Unger
A book is a loaded gun in the house next door. Burn it. Take the shot from the weapon. Breach man's mind. Who knows who might be the target of the well-read man?
Fahrenheit 451
Ray Bradbury
A whole family of self-flattering words serves as benedictions for the vision of the anointed. “Progress” and “progressive” are prominent examples. But everyone is for “progress,” by definition. They differ only on specifics, though these differences may be extreme and even violent. Words like “progress” or “progressive” preempt these specific issues by arbitrarily assuming the differential desirability of one’s own preferred changes, without having to debate substance—or even acknowledge its relevance.
The Vision of the Anointed
Thomas Sowell
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