Some of the greatest, most revolutionary advances in science have been given their initial expression in attractively modest terms, with no fanfare. (Daniel Dennett)

Some of the greatest, most revolutionary advances in science have been given their initial expression in attractively modest terms, with no fanfare.

Daniel Dennett

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