True science is distinctively the study of useless things. For the use…

Charles Sanders Peirce
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True science is distinctively the study of useless things. For the useful things will get studied without the aid of scientific men. To employ these rare minds on such work is like running a steam engine by burning diamonds. ✨ Charles Sanders Peirce (1974). Collected Papers, p.32, Harvard University Press
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The entire universe is perfused with signs, if it is not composed exclusively of signs. ✨ Charles Sanders Peirce (1974). Collected Papers of Charles Sanders Peirce, p.302, Harvard University Press
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