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   Paul Cantrell (inthehands@hachyderm.io)'s status on Thursday, 07-Sep-2023 10:36:44 JST Paul Cantrell

   “I am, somehow, less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein’s brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and died in cotton fields and sweatshops.”
   — Stephen Jay Gould

   https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2023/sep/06/how-children-of-12-toil-in-colorado-san-luis-valley-farms

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     Paul Cantrell (inthehands@hachyderm.io)'s status on Thursday, 07-Sep-2023 21:51:27 JST Paul Cantrell

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     @HydrePrever
     Yes, and so important to point this out. The worst response to this quote would be giving these farm laborers intelligence tests and plucking out the ones with high scores. Human dignity is unconditional.

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     Le Néandertal sous benzo (hydreprever@mathstodon.xyz)'s status on Thursday, 07-Sep-2023 21:51:28 JST Le Néandertal sous benzo

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     @inthehands I won't miss an occasion to remark that it's not a cool fate for vastly less talented people either

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     Paul Cantrell (inthehands@hachyderm.io)'s status on Friday, 08-Sep-2023 01:19:37 JST Paul Cantrell

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     @WuMargaret @rpardee
     It absolutely needs to be said. See the conversation here:
     https://mathstodon.xyz/@HydrePrever/111022148218519749

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     Marge 吴静玫 (wumargaret@infosec.exchange)'s status on Friday, 08-Sep-2023 01:19:38 JST Marge 吴静玫

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     @inthehands @rpardee Those with unequal talent deserve to thrive, too. It needs to be said.

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     Paul Cantrell (inthehands@hachyderm.io)'s status on Friday, 08-Sep-2023 01:22:58 JST Paul Cantrell

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     @WuMargaret @rpardee Thank YOU, because it’s good to say this over and over!

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     Marge 吴静玫 (wumargaret@infosec.exchange)'s status on Friday, 08-Sep-2023 01:22:59 JST Marge 吴静玫

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     @inthehands @rpardee Thanks! :-)