A brass compass lies beside a glowing amber bulb joined to a loop of copper wire.

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Jules Henri Poincaré

It is through science that we prove, but through intuition that we discover.

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What it means

Our interpretation.

The speaker separates two jobs: science is how we confirm that something is true, while intuition is how we first stumble onto it. Proof is the careful checking stage, and discovery starts with a hunch that arrives before the evidence does.

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