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«The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt. The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts.» (Bertrand Russell).
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Hall, C.A.S., Klitgaard, K. (2018). The Basic Science Needed to Understand the Relation of Energy to Economics. In: Energy and the Wealth of Nations. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-66219-0_15
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