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For New Years, John C.Wright proposes an end to unreason<\/a>. \u00a0It is almost staggering to think how many things we, and our best and brightest, accept as indisputably true when the common sense, and sometimes facts and data, suggest otherwise. \u00a0I don\u2019t want to make some sweeping statement about what happens to a society when it bases its life and future on lies and falsehoods. \u00a0But I can\u2019t imagine that it will end up being a good thing. <\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"