It seems that truth is progressive approximation in which the relative fraction of our spontaneously tolerated residual error constantly diminishes. (Buckminster Fuller)

It seems that truth is progressive approximation in which the relative fraction of our spontaneously tolerated residual error constantly diminishes.

Buckminster Fuller

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