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Einstein Was Once Asked How Many Feet Are In A Mile. Einstein's Reply Was "i Don't Know, Why Should I Fill My Brain With Facts I Can Find In Two Minutes In Any Standard Reference Book?

We Sleep 1/3 Of Our Lives Away.

We Cannot Despair About Mankind Knowing That Mozart Was A Man.

Nor Do I Take Into Account A Danger Of Starting A Chain Reaction Of A Scope Great Enough To Destroy Part Or All Of The Planet...but It Is Not Necessary To Imagine The Earth Being Destroyed Like A Nova By A Stellar Explosion To Understand Vividly The Grow Ing Scope Of Atomic War And To Recognize That Unless Another War Is Prevented It Is Likely To Bring Destruction On A Scale Never Before Held Possible, And Even Now Hardly Conceived, And That Little Civilization Would Survive It.

It Is True That The Grasping Of Truth Is Not Possible Without Empirical Basis. However, The Deeper We Penetrate And The More Extensive And Embracing Our Theories Become The Less Empirical Knowledge Is Needed To Determine Those Theories.