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Science is, rightly, searching for drugs to arrest ageing or to slow the advance of dementia. But the evidence suggests that many of the most powerful factors determining how you age come from what you do, and what you do with others: whether you work, whether you play music, whether you have regular visitors.

~Geoff Mulgan

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In science, you can say things that seem crazy, but in the long run, they can turn out to be right. We can get really good evidence, and in the end, the community will come around.

~Geoffrey Hinton

Topics: Around Come Community Crazy End Evidence Get Good In The End Long Long Run Out Really Right Run Say Science Seem Things Turn Will You

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Man is a masterpiece of creation if for no other reason than that, all the weight of evidence for determinism notwithstanding, he believes he has free will.

~Georg C. Lichtenberg

Topics: Believes Creation Determinism Evidence Free Free Will He Man Masterpiece Notwithstanding Other Reason Than Weight Will

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There's a belief that since Africa got a raw deal from the colonial West, then the Chinese must be Africa's best friend. But the evidence doesn't show that, and the main criticism is that they are building infrastructure in exchange for Africa's resources in deals that are structured to favor China.

~George Ayittey

Topics: Africa Belief Best Best Friend Building China Chinese Colonial Criticism Deal Deals Evidence Exchange Favor Friend Got Infrastructure Main Must Raw Resources Show Since Structured Then West

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We used to speak familiarly of an agent, now do more, who was accustomed to manufacture evidence, and to invent facts in his cases, or at least to alter the aspects of facts to such an extent that they might fairly be viewed as new.

~George Combe

Topics: Accustomed Agent Alter Aspects Cases Evidence Extent Facts Fairly His Invent Least Manufacture Might More New Now Speak Used Viewed Who

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Blessed is the man, who having nothing to say, abstains from giving wordy evidence of the fact.

~George Eliot

Topics: Abstain Blessed Evidence Fact Giving Having Man Nothing Say Who Wordy

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I've never had a penny through oil deals and no one has produced a shred of evidence that I have.

~George Galloway

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Darwin recognized the fact that paleontology then seemed to provide evidence against rather for evolution in general or the gradual origin of taxonomic categories in particular.

~George Gaylord Simpson

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On embarking to return we could perceive no sign of One Tree Island; and as we swept down towards the sea the leafy top of a tree seen in the clear water under the boat was the only evidence of its existence; though a few hours ago it had formed so prominent an object.

~George Grey

Topics: Boat Clear Could Down Evidence Existence Few Formed Had Hours Island Object Only Perceive Prominent Return Sea Seen Sign Swept Though Top Towards Tree Water

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There is lots of evidence that it is this fear of going into debt that most puts people from poorer backgrounds off going to university.

~George Osborne

Topics: Backgrounds Debt Evidence Fear Going Lots Most Off People Poorer Puts University

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