It is the simple hypotheses of which one must be most wary; because these are the ones that have the most chances of passing unnoticed. (Henri Poincaré)

It is the simple hypotheses of which one must be most wary; because these are the ones that have the most chances of passing unnoticed.

Henri Poincaré

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