R. Buckminster FullerScience is the attempt to set in order the facts of experience.
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Albert Einstein said: “Science is the attempt to set in order the facts of experience.” Einstein was saying that science is based on applying logic and reason to the facts of experience, not on grasping absolute truth.
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