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31 Post author: lukeprog 26 May 2012 04:12AM

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Comment author: gjm 29 May 2012 08:03:39PM 3 points [-]

It is alleged that Bertrand Russell was once asked why he'd stopped devoting much of his energy to philosophy, and replied "Because I discovered fucking". (This is one of those stories that would be much funnier if actually true, but I haven't yet been able to find any good evidence for whether it is or not.)