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 intelligent are full of doubt."
 <br>-- Bertrand Russell</p>
 
+<p>
+"The difference between stupid and intelligent people — and this is true 
+whether or not they are well-educated — is that intelligent people can 
+handle subtlety.  They are not baffled by ambiguous or even contradictory 
+situations — in fact, they expect them and are apt to become suspicious 
+when things seem overly straightforward."
+<br>-- Neal Stephenson, from The Diamond Age</p>
+
 <p>
 "People love to hear the brag of the local boy, because they want him to be
 great, but the foreigner must deny that he has any outstanding virtue -- this