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Thomas Huxley

Science is organized common sense where many a beautiful theory was killed by an ugly fact.

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Science takes everyday logical thinking and arranges it carefully to understand the world. Often, ideas that seem elegant or appealing are proven wrong when real evidence shows they don’t match reality.

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