“It is easier to change a man's religion than to change his diet.”
Margaret Mead (1901–1978) American anthropologist
“Ultimately, it was easier to change the subject than think the unthinkable.”
— Charles Stross, book Singularity Sky
Source: Singularity Sky (2003), Chapter 13, “Jokers” (p. 280)
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