Power Is Neither Male Or Female.

The Work Of Science Has Nothing Whatever To Do With Consensus. Consensus Is The Business Of Politics. Science, On The Contrary, Requires Only One Investigator Who Happens To Be Right, Which Means That He Or She Has Results That Are Verifiable By Reference To The Real World. In Science Consensus Is Irrelevant. What Is Relevant Is Reproducible Results. The Greatest Scientists In History Are Great Precisely Because They Broke With The Consensus.

The Rules Of Grammar Exist In Large Part To Permit Readers And Writers To Operate From A Shared Set Of Expectations.

Expectation Works In Mysterious Ways---and Totally Unconsciously.

Historically, The Claim Of Consensus Has Been The First Refuge Of Scoundrels; It Is A Way To Avoid Debate By Claiming That The Matter Is Already Settled.

Safety Is The Last Refuge Of The Scoundrel!