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"The aim of science is to seek the simplest explanations of complex facts. We are apt to fall into the error of thinking that the facts are simple because simplicity is the goal of our quest. The guiding motto in the life of every natural philosopher should be, 'Seek simplicity and distrust it."

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About Alfred North Whitehead

Alfred North Whitehead was an English mathematician and philosopher known for co-authoring Principia Mathematica and for developing process philosophy. He later taught at Harvard University. He died in 1947.

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