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> [Unfortunately, there is something of a flaw in this idealized picture of the way the scientific community discovers truth. And the flaw…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-surowiecki/unfortunately-there-is-something-of-a-flaw-in-this-idealized-picture/)

[James Surowiecki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-surowiecki/)

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> [“The papers are read               or if nothing else,                             pissed on, the headlines still remain.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kenyatta-garc-a/the-papers-are-read-or-if-nothing-else-pissed-on-the-headlines-still/)

[Kenyatta García](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kenyatta-garc-a/)

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> [I don't read the papers; I stopped reading the papers. I read the papers only during periods of crisis, and I think…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nassim-nicholas-taleb/i-don-t-read-the-papers-i-stopped-reading-the-papers-i-read-the/)

[Nassim Nicholas Taleb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nassim-nicholas-taleb/)

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> [I don't even read the papers. I read 'USA Today' because it has color photos.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-fallon/i-don-t-even-read-the-papers-i-read-usa-today-because-it-has-color/)

[Jimmy Fallon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-fallon/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b54/jimmy-fallon-656_color_i-don-t-even-read-the-papers-i-read-usa_2454493.jpg)

> [Now, academics are not always the easiest people to talk to, and the scholarly papers aren't always the easiest papers to read,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/masha-gessen/now-academics-are-not-always-the-easiest-people-to-talk-to-and-the/)

[Masha Gessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/masha-gessen/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/73a/masha-gessen-2322_always_now-academics-are-not-always-the-easiest_3029638.png)

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