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When a person's religious beliefs cause him to deny the evidence of science, or for whom public policy morphs into a battle with the devil, shouldn't that be a subject for discussion and debate?
Lawrence M. Krauss
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Lawrence M. Krauss
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: May 27
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