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Newton came up with Newton's laws of motion and gravity. They worked. They were working.

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Neil deGrasse Tyson
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: October 5
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The caricature of science is that we hold tight to the theories we have, and shun challenges to them. That's just not true. In fact, we hold our highest rewards for those scientists who can prove others wrong. And by the way, they are famous in their own lifetimes. We don't wait until they're dead.
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