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“The sciences do not try to explain, they hardly even try to interpret, they mainly make models. By a model is meant a mathematical construct which, with the addition of certain verbal interpretations, describes observed phenomena. The justification of such a mathematical construct is solely and precisely that it is expected to work - that is correctly to describe phenomena from a reasonably wide area. Furthermore, it must satisfy certain esthetic criteria - that is, in relation to how much it describes, it must be rather simple.”
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“Any fool can make something complicated. It takes a genius to make it simple.”
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“Uncertain of uncertainty, skeptical of skepticism, it seems that the most important question is whether there is an important question.”
― Suicide Note
― Suicide Note
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