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       Robert Anton Wilson on belief systems.(Thanks @slashdottir for making me think of this.)
       
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       I've updated the alt text to be an exact rendering of his words. But to preserve it, here's the summary quote I had initially:'Belief Systems contradict both science and ordinary "common sense." B.S. contradicts science, because it claims certitude and science can never achieve certitude: it can only say, "This model"- or theory, or interpretation of the data- "fits more of the facts known at this date than any rival model." We can never know if the model will fit the facts that might come to light in the next millennium or even in the next week.'