“We live in a golden age of ignorance, and Trump and Brexit are part of that.”

Robert N. Proctor, quotes in: Tim Harford, " The problem with facts https://www.ft.com/content/eef2e2f8-0383-11e7-ace0-1ce02ef0def9," FT Magazine, March 9, 2017

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