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The value of ripeness
Think of the long centuries in which attempts were made to change mercury into gold because that seemed like a very useful thing to do. These efforts failed and we found how to change mercury into gold by doing other … Continue reading
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Tagged Abraham Flexner, Alexander Grothendieck, Carl Friedrich Gauss, J. Robert Oppenheimer, ripeness, useless knowledge
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