My dear Kepler, what would you say of the learned here, who, replete with the pertinacity of the asp, have steadfastly refused to cast a glance through the telescope? What shall we make of this? Shall we laugh, or shall we cry?
Galileo Galilei
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We should weep for their desire to celebrate their ignorance, which persists to this day.
Willful ignorance is the hallmark of our age.