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The number of hypotheses available to explain any given phenomenon is infinite.
Robert M. Pirsig
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Robert M. Pirsig
Age: 88 †
Born: 1928
Born: September 6
Died: 2017
Died: April 24
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Minneapolis
Minnesota
Robert Maynard Pirsig
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