Simon Singh
Author
1964-09-19
Quotes by Simon Singh
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All that was required to measure the planet was a man with a stick and a brain. In other words, couple an intellect with some experimental apparatus and almost anything seems achievable.
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All that was required to measure the planet was a man with a stick and a brain. In other words, couple an intellect with some experimental apparatus and almost anything seems achievable.
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If someone feels they're being maliciously treated, then they should sue for libel. And if someone is malicious, if they are reckless, they will have no defence in law at all.
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Indeed, it is a proven mathematical theorem that a doughnut is topologically distinct from a sphere.
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Cern's colliders usually shut down for a winter break, because the cost of electricity increases as the temperature drops and the Swiss turn on their heaters and tuck into their fondue.
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In my case, I estimate that the members of the British Chiropractic Association have an annual turnover of �100m, and the BCA decided to sue me personally. I was very close to backing down and apologising for an article that was fair and accurate.
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When I attended a forum on libel reform at the British Academy in 2011, 20 figures ranging from law professors to leading libel law firm, Carter Ruck, from MPs to free speech groups, discussed the issue of corporations. There was unanimous agreement that there needed to be restrictions on the right of corporations to sue in libel.
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