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A truly open mind means forcing our imaginations to conform to the evidence of reality, and not vice versa.
Lawrence M. Krauss
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Lawrence M. Krauss
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: May 27
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New York City
New York
Lawrence Krauss
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Lawrence Maxwell Krauss
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