It would be possible to describe everything scientifically, but it wou…

Albert Einstein
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It would be possible to describe everything scientifically, but it would make no sense; it would be without meaning, as if you described a Beethoven symphony as a variation of wave pressure. ✨ Albert Einstein (2010). The Ultimate Quotable Einstein, p.409, Princeton University Press
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It would be possible to describe everything scientifically, but it would make no sense; it would be without meaning, as if you described a Beethoven symphony as a variation of wave pressure. ✨ Albert Einstein (2010). The Ultimate Quotable Einstein, p.409, Princeton University Press

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