Science is one thing, wisdom is another. Science is an edged tool, with which men play like children, and cut their own fingers. (Arthur Eddington)

Science is one thing, wisdom is another. Science is an edged tool, with which men play like children, and cut their own fingers.

Arthur Eddington

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