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Walter Lippmann

The radical novelty of modern science lies precisely in the rejection of the belief... that the forces which move the stars and atoms are contingent upon the preferences of the human heart.

Walter Lippmann

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Modern science is unique because it does not assume that natural forces are influenced by human desires or feelings. Instead, it studies the universe as operating independently of what people want or believe.

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