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Doubting everything and believing everything are two equally convenient solutions that guard us from having to think
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Henri Poincare
Age: 58 †
Born: 1854
Born: April 29
Died: 1912
Died: July 17
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Guessing before proving! Need I remind you that it is so that all important discoveries have been made?
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