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John Desmond Bernal

It is characteristic of science that the full explanations are often seized in their essence by the percipient scientist long in advance of any possible proof.

John Desmond Bernal

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Scientists often understand the core idea of an explanation well before they have gathered enough evidence to fully prove it. This means that insight or intuition can guide scientific thinking ahead of formal verification.

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