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5. It doesn't seem as though Heinlein meant it to be taken at face value when he wrote it.

Tue Mar 29, 2022, 05:26 PM

Mar 2022

Although, some people seem to accept it as self-evident — unaware of (or unconcerned by) the story it is from.

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