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To This Day I Always Insist On Working Out A Problem From The Beginning Without Reading Up On It First, A Habit That Sometimes Gets Me Into Trouble But Just As Often Helps Me See Things My Predecessors Have Missed.

-Robert B. Laughlin

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To This Day I Always

Robert B. Laughlin

To This Day I Always Insist On Working Out A Problem From The Beginning Without Reading Up On It First, A Habit That Sometimes Gets Me Into Trouble But Just As Often Helps Me See Things My Predecessors Have Missed.

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