SPENCER, Herbert: "There is a principle which is a bar against all information, which is proof against all arguments and which can not fail to keep a man in everlasting ignorance--that principle is contempt prior to investigation"

Herbert Spencer (British philosopher, biologist, anthropologist, sociologist, and progressive writer): "There is a principle which is a bar against all information, which is proof against all arguments and which can not fail to keep a man in everlasting ignorance--that principle is contempt prior to investigation" (Graham Hancock: http://grahamhancock.com/phorum/read.php?2,364853,364853 ).