It is our task, both in science and in society at large, to prove the conventional wisdom wrong and to make our unpredictable dreams come true

Freeman Dyson
It is our task, both in science and in society...
It is our task, both in science and in society...
It is our task, both in science and in society...
It is our task, both in science and in society...
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The conventional wisdom says that it is impossible to determine the future. Scientists and inventors attempt to prove this conventional wisdom wrong and to make their dreams come true.

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