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One thing I have learned in a long life: that all our science, measured against reality, is primitive and childlike – and yet it is the most precious thing we have.
— Albert Einstein
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An editorial interpretation.
After a long life, the speaker admits that human science looks childlike next to the real world's complexity, yet still calls it our most precious possession. It's humility and pride together: we know little, and that little is valuable.
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