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If factual information upsets you, then you are creating a world that is not embracing objective truths, and that’s not how you advance a democracy.

Neil deGrasse Tyson

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If factual information upsets you, then you are creating a world that is not embracing objective truths, and that’s not how you advance a democracy.
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