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In the long run, it is far more dangerous to adhere to illusion than to face what the actual fact is.
David Bohm
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David Bohm
Age: 74 †
Born: 1917
Born: December 20
Died: 1992
Died: October 27
Nuclear Physicist
Philosopher
Physicist
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Wilkes-Barre
Pennsylvania
David Joseph Bohm
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Ultimately, all moments are really one, therefore now is an eternity.
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Thought is constantly creating problems that way and then trying to solve them. But as it tries to solve them it makes it worse because it doesn't notice that it's creating them, and the more it thinks, the more problems it creates.
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