But it is just this characteristic of simplicity in the laws of nature…

Bertrand Russell
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But it is just this characteristic of simplicity in the laws of nature hitherto discovered which it would be fallacious to generalize, for it is obvious that simplicity has been a part cause of their discovery, and can, therefore, give no ground for the supposition that other undiscovered laws are equally simple. ✨ Bertrand Russell (1981). Mysticism and Logic, and Other Essays, p.78, Rowman & Littlefield
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