Snow in Amsterdam 2013
This year snow came to Amsterdam a bit late, missing Christmas by a few weeks. Still, it presented a nice surprise in the morning and a welcome diversion from the usual rain.
This year snow came to Amsterdam a bit late, missing Christmas by a few weeks. Still, it presented a nice surprise in the morning and a welcome diversion from the usual rain.
Because we must. Because we have the call. Because it is nobler to fight for rationality without winning than to give up in the face of continued defeats. Because whatever true progress humanity makes is through the rationality of the occasional individual and because any one individual we may win for the cause may do more for humanity than a hundred thousand who hug superstition to their breasts.Isaac Asimov
when asked why he fights religion with no hope for victory
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