Physics has never been a comfortable subject for human psychology. The desire to regard everything outside the human … - Celia Green

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Celia Green

Physics has never been a comfortable subject for human psychology. The desire to regard everything outside the human race's purview as insignificant, and everything within that purview as firmly under the control of tribal myth and custom, is as strong today as it was in the time of Galileo.

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