The love of complexity without reductionism makes art; the love of com…

E. O. Wilson
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The love of complexity without reductionism makes art; the love of complexity with reductionism makes science. ✨ E. O. Wilson (2014). Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge, p.85, Vintage
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