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Jules Verne

Science, my lad, is made up of mistakes, but they are mistakes which it is useful to make, because they lead little by little to the truth.

Jules Verne

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Science progresses through errors that help us learn and improve our understanding. These errors are valuable because each one brings us closer to discovering what is true.

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