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Most people only care about knowledge that provides practical benefits.
Drawn from what John Horgan said
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- John Horgan American science journalist
Most of us only care about knowledge that benefits us in practical ways. Helps us live longer, get around and swap info faster, get richer, kill our enemies and so on.
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