random quotes ... to amuse, inspire, enrage:
  I have always been among those who believed that the greatest freedom of speech was the greatest safety, because if a man is a fool the best thing to do is to encourage him to advertise the fact by speaking.

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  —Woodrow Wilson

Archive for September, 2009

libel and science

Wednesday, September 16th, 2009

Olivia Judd’s science blog in the NYT today is about the effect of libel on science writing — very interesting.