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TIL that evolutionary biologists believe that humans developed the ability to use reason and rationality to win arguments and manipulate their surroundings rather than to find truth and make decisions.

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rR7X0 TIL Benjamin Franklin said "In 1736 I lost one of my sons... by the smallpox taken in the common way. I long regretted bitterly and still regret that I had not given it to him by inoculation. This I mention for the sake of the parents who omit that operation..."
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