“Just as a warm and moist environment is conducive to the spread of deadly bacteria, the worlds of politics and business especially – with their long time frames, complex outcomes, and murky cause and effect – are conducive to the spread of half-cocked guesses posing as fact.”

“Just as a warm and moist environment is conducive to the spread of deadly bacteria, the worlds of politics and business especially – with their long time frames, complex outcomes, and murky cause and effect – are conducive to the spread of half-cocked guesses posing as fact.”

— Steven D. Levitt