Via Brian Leiter, the wonderful Strange Doctrines blog by Tadlow Windsor II (read the "about me" link for an explanation). Evolution, constitutional law, culture war stuff - it's like reading me! He also provided Brian with this quote from Bertrand Russell that is absolutely perfect:
"A stupid man's report of what a clever man says is never accurate because he unconsciously translates what he hears into something he can understand."
Bravissimo!
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