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Blind belief can be comforting, but it can easily cripple reason and productivity, and stop intellectual progress.

James Randi

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James Randi
Age: 92 †
Born: 1928
Born: August 7
Died: 2020
Died: October 20
Magician
Philosopher
Writer
City of Toronto
Randall James Hamilton Zwinge
The Amazing Randi
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Libertarianism
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