In science, you don't just get to cherry-pick the parts that justify what you were going to do anyway! That's religion! You're thinking of religion. (John Oliver (comedian))

In science, you don't just get to cherry-pick the parts that justify what you were going to do anyway! That's religion! You're thinking of religion.

John Oliver (comedian)

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