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You Can Always Recognize Truth By Its Beauty And Simplicity.

When I Found Out That Santa Claus Wasn't Real, I Wasn't Upset; Rather, I Was Relieved That There Was A Much Simpler Phenomenon To Explain How So Many Children All Over The World Got Presents On The Same Night! The Story Had Been Getting Pretty Complicated -- It Was Getting Out Of Hand.

Whenever You See A Sweeping Statement That A Tremendous Amount Can Come From A Very Small Number Of Assumptions, You Always Find That It Is False. There Are Usually A Large Number Of Implied Assumptions That Are Far From Obvious If You Think About Them Sufficiently Carefully.

I'm Trying To Find Out Not How Nature Could Be, But How Nature Is.

Science Is A Process For Learning About Nature In Which Competing Ideas About How The World Works Are Measured Against Observations.