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Albert Einstein

No matter how we may single out a complex from nature...its theoretical treatment will never prove to be ultimately conclusive... I believe that this process of deepening of theory has no limits.

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Einstein doubts any theory of a piece of nature can ever be final. He believes the work of deepening theory has no limit. It's a humble view of science as endlessly open rather than ever finished.

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