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<span style="margin:0px;color:black;background-color:white">Hard questions are not impossible questions - but they take actual work.<br>
</span><span style="color: black;">The fact that an intelligent person has a belief doesn't mean it's an intelligent belief.<br>
</span><span style="color: black;">The fact that a scientific person has a belief doesn't mean it's a scientific belief.<br>
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<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, September 7, 2022 5:23 PM<br>
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<b>Subject:</b> [Bldg-sim] BPACS in Chicago</font>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal">Nick I assume you aren’t going to make it from Japan – but wanted to see if others might be coming in for BPACS next week and if you are interested to meet up socially.
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt; font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif">Feel free to reply off-list if you are coming and if we hit any critical mass I’ll send out a survey form with possible meetups.</span></p>
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