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To doubt everything or to believe everything are two equally convenient solutions; both dispense with the necessity of reflection.

Jules Henri Poincare
Jules Henri Poincaré (1854-1912) French physicist, mathematician, philosopher
Science and Hypothesis [La Science et l’Hypothèse], Introduction (1902)

See also Korzybski.
 
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Science is built up of facts, as a house is built of stones; but an accumulation of facts is no more a science than a heap of stones is a house.

Jules Henri Poincare
Jules Henri Poincaré (1854-1912) French physicist, mathematician, philosopher
Science and Hypothesis, ch. 9 (1905)
 
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