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BTW the attribution to Bill Gates is inaccurate SEE HERE although why that should matter very much is quite beyond me. Each idea should be evaluated on its own merits not on the attribution. We have an attribution saturated society as if truth is simply a matter of authority. The reality is that truth is a matter of data and principle and authority plays at best a minor role. Consensus, which is much heralded lately in the face of such things as global warming alarmism is another fallacy. Many can be wrong just as a few or one can be wrong. This is especially true when the many are just repeating the mantra of the few. To be an independent thinker you must evaluate things based on data and principles and where authority plays a role it is the role of people reporting on data and principles. Opinion is of nearly no value unless it is based on data and principles. Some people for data and principles use observation and right reason. Call it what you will, it is data and principles. The principles have to be themselves based on data and principles. It's data and principles all the way down!