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“One thing I have learned in a long life: that all our science, measured against reality, is primitive and childlike—and yet it is the most precious thing we have.”
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- quote
- Confidence:
- 0.60
- Indexed:
- 2026-07-04
- Hash:
- 40091df4835efcb72d5736b4464a91506123d8e8c77c44cba1559f3a9e67d88b
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