The instinct of conventionality, the horror of uncertainty, and vested interests, all militate against the acceptance of a new idea.

Bertrand Russell
Bertrand Russell (1872-1970) English mathematician and philosopher
“Individual Liberty and Public Control,” Atlantic (1917-07)

 
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