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>With rationality on your side, how could you lose?

Hahahhaha. Great joke. Sadly, there are and probably always will be a lot of ignorant/gullible people. As PT Barnum said, "there's a sucker born every minute."

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Given global population growth and birth trends, I wonder if we've reached a sucker every second yet...

Given the current birth rate of over 4 births per second, and considering that almost every newborn will consume nutrients by sucking milk, I'd say that we have reached that milestone a long time ago.

Actually, there is no evidence that he ever said this.

In this instance, I'd say it's an even better quote, then.

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