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degree, but there is a limit unless you are born that way. Charm is a whole, more possible realm for everyone. Charm is knowing how to please other people. There is a famous quote about a woman who said, this is about Gladstone and Disraeli, two British politicians of the 19th century who were rivals. And she said, “Sitting next to Gladstone, I thought he was the most brilliant man in the world. Sitting next to Disraeli, I thought I was the most brilliant woman in the world.” That’s the charmer.

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the scientific community (including from the standpoint of its elite, so as to avoid anyone thinking that a mere statistician could ever be absorbed into its ranks). Curiously, it has never been republished in Italy after its first edition. “This civilization”, observes Lomborg, “has over the last 400 years brought us fantastic and continued progress”. And there would seem to be no reason why it should not continue. Global warming, pollution and energy reserves are not even potentially at emergency