Any knowledge that doesn't lead to new questions quickly dies out: it fails to maintain the temperature required for sustaining life. (Wisława Szymborska)

Any knowledge that doesn't lead to new questions quickly dies out: it fails to maintain the temperature required for sustaining life.

Wisława Szymborska

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