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The universe is not required to be in perfect harmony with human ambition. And yet the history of science is largely the history of our stubborn insistence that it must be.

Jacob Bronowski, The Common Sense of Science (1951)
4w ago

I can't imagine how life changing this was for chronic vertigo sufferers. It's astonishing how effective it is given how simple the steps are and it really goes to show what a difference a person can make by flouting convention and how brave people have to be at certain points in their life.

2mo ago

We are reluctant to believe that the world we see is not the whole world. Yet the history of knowledge is largely the history of such reluctance being overcome.

3mo ago

Underscored — save the words that stop you in your tracks.

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