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Skepticism, Science & Pseudoscience

Tobin S.

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4. I've thought of that before.

Reply to Redfairen (Original post)

Sun May 5, 2013, 03:25 PM

May 2013

If you think the world is going to end at any minute, why bother trying to save it? I also don't think that that kind of thinking is limited to Republicans although they are the greatest source for it. Some liberals have their own kind of end times thinking and I often see it displayed here at DU.

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