Our imagination is stretched to the utmost, not, as in fiction, to ima…

Richard P. Feynman
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Our imagination is stretched to the utmost, not, as in fiction, to imagine things which are not really there, but just to comprehend those things which are there. ✨ Richard P. Feynman (2015). The Quotable Feynman, p.87, Princeton University Press
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Our imagination is stretched to the utmost, not, as in fiction, to imagine things which are not really there, but just to comprehend those things which are there. ✨ Richard P. Feynman (2015). The Quotable Feynman, p.87, Princeton University Press

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