The cause and root of nearly all evils in the sciences is this-that wh…

Francis Bacon
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The cause and root of nearly all evils in the sciences is this-that while we falsely admire and extol the powers of the human mind we neglect to seek for its true helps. ✨ Francis Bacon (2012). The Great Instauration, p.28, Simon and Schuster
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