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Science trumps magical thinking: there was a reason the Incas called their mercury mine 'la mina de los muertos,' the mine of the dead. Building a life and a community upon principles that ignore such realities is doomed to fail.
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"Science trumps magical thinking: there was a reason the Incas called their mercury mine 'la mina de los muertos,' the mine of the dead. Building a life and a community upon principles that ignore such realities is doomed to fail."
— Floyd Skloot #sciencediscovery

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Science trumps magical thinking: there was a reason the Incas called their mercury mine 'la mina de los muertos,' the mine of the dead. Building a life and a community upon principles that ignore such realities is doomed to fail. — Floyd Skloot

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Floyd Skloot was a Poet from United States (1947–present).

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This quote is attributed to Floyd Skloot, a Poet from United States.
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Floyd Skloot lived from 1947 – present.
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