The triumph of reason over (gut) reflex?

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  • 21/02/2017

    At a lecture following the publication of his book, Sustainable Energy – Without the Hot Air, he was assailed by an angry environmentalist who asked him why he was “so hostile” to wind power. [Prof David] MacKay smiled sweetly and replied: “I’m not hostile to anything. I’m just in favour of arithmetic.”

    I remember reading this awhile back, but came across it again on Memex