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The Genius of Thomas Sowell

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Being Awake Is Like a Magic Moral Time Machine

Is it possible that being shunned by your tribe is simply part and parcel of what it means to be an independent thinker? Perhaps this is what cancel culture is all about. It's a modern day version of shunning, but it's nothing new. Back in the 17th century, Galileo was warned by the church not to espouse heliocentrism. Charles Darwin was similarly shunned by the church for his theory of evolution. The Vatican admitted it had been overly harsh towards Darwin 150 years prior, but still offered no apologies.

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