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Scientists embrace foolish questions, confident in their intelligence, as they engage in a thought-provoking New York Times feature.

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Luckily the scientists will not mind foolish questions for a few reasons. First of all, they are used to thinking of themselves as pretty smart and the people questioning them as, umm, not so smart.

-- Dennis Overbye, answering questions in a wide-ranging New York Times "Talk to the Newsroom" feature.

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