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Francis Collins was born in Staunton, Virginia, and maybe he is a big Staunton Bulldogs fan, he may be their biggest ever fan, for all I know, and I dont care, just like I dont really care what strain of evangelical racket he's fallen for. But if he, under the authority of being a scientist, starts presenting powerpoint-slides explaining how the laws of physics were put into motion so that the Staunton Bulldogs could win the Superbowl every year, I WOULD have a problem with his football fandom, because it would self-evidently be a major handicap in his ability to think critically
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