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21 " Annotated Alice: The Definitive Edition. "
― K.C. Cole , The Hole in the Universe
22 " Measurement, it’s probably fair to say, is the cornerstone of knowledge. "
― K.C. Cole , The Universe and the Teacup: The Mathematics of Truth and Beauty
23 " That explains in part why we go to great expense to rescue children who fall down mine shafts, but not children dying from preventable diseases. Economists call this the “rule of rescue.” If you know that someone is in danger and you know that you can help, you have a moral obligation to do so. If you don’t know about it, however, you have no obligation. Columnist Roger Simon speculates that’s one reason the National Rifle Association lobbied successfully to eliminate the program at the Centers for Disease Control that keeps track of gun deaths. If we don’t have to face what’s happening, we won’t feel obligated to do anything about it. "