Humphry DavyNothing is so dangerous to the progress of the human mind than to assume that our views of science are ultimate, that there are no mysteries in nature, that our triumphs are complete and that there are no new worlds to conquer.
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Nothing is so dangerous to the progress of the human mind than to assume that our views of science are ultimate, that there are no mysteries in nature, that our triumphs are complete and that there are no new worlds to conquer. This quote is taken from the essay “The Undiscovered Country,” by Albert Einstein. It describes how human beings need to keep an open mind about what science can discover.
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