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Understanding Right and Left | Bryan Caplan & Richard Hanania

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The Advantages of Reading Philosophers

I don't trust that people are going to have the best ideas compared to somebody who has access to Google and all the scientific information we've built up over the years. In terms of argument, sometimes this argument that is non obvious and tell you hear it and then you can't unthink it. You can just read the 10 page letter to Manicius Epicurus. There's a bunch of arguments in there where people are still arguing about these questions. People are just too deaf to accept that the problem is solved and they can move on with their lives.

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