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Knowledge is organized data. For it to be shelved as human knowledge it's got to be predictable, repeatable, all the basics of scientific validation have to be there.
Greg Graffin
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Greg Graffin
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: November 6
Guitarist
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Madison
Wisconsin
Gregory Walter Graffin
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You can't let your personal disposition be dictated by the world around you.
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