Because you have seen something doesn't mean you can explain it. Differing interpretations will always abound, even when good minds come to bear. The kernel of indisputable information is a dot in space; interpretations grow out of the desire to make this point a line, to give it direction. The directions in which it can be sent, the uses to which it can be put by a culturally, professionally, and geographically diverse society are almost without limit. The possibilities make good scientists chary. Anonymous
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The quote "Because you have seen something doesn't mean you can explain it" was said by Albert Einstein. The great scientist believed that every event in the Universe has a cause and effect relationship. These relationships can be explained by human minds, but they will never be completely explained because of how illogical and irrational these particular relationships can be. The fact is that we do not know where the Universe comes from and what exists outside of the Universe. We cannot fully explain what we cannot fully understand.

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