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The most essential characteristic of scientific technique is that it proceeds from experiment, not from tradition.
Bertrand Russell
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Bertrand Russell
Age: 97 †
Born: 1872
Born: May 18
Died: 1970
Died: February 2
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A hallucination is a fact, not an error what is erroneous is a judgment based upon it.
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I am paid by the word, so I always write the shortest words possible.
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Thought is subversive and revolutionary, destructive and terrible, Thought is merciless to privilege, established institutions, and comfortable habit. Thought is great and swift and free.
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