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applegrove

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Thu Nov 6, 2025, 09:01 PM Thursday

Einstein:

“Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.”

— Albert Einstein

M. Kabir (@mkabir.bsky.social) 2025-11-06T14:17:55.016Z
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Einstein: (Original Post) applegrove Thursday OP
Imagination is at the root of the search for knowledge and knowledge fuels imagination. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Thursday #1
That's essentially the rest of that quotation DavidDvorkin Friday #3
Okay, you did not provide it so I had to look it up Bernardo de La Paz Friday #4
Quote of the Week! calimary Thursday #2

Bernardo de La Paz

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4. Okay, you did not provide it so I had to look it up
Fri Nov 7, 2025, 12:49 AM
Friday
Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited, whereas imagination embraces the entire world, stimulating progress, giving birth to evolution. It is, strictly speaking, a real factor in scientific research.


Here is where I found it, which is an interesting article, well written and well illustrated. https://bigthink.com/starts-with-a-bang/einstein-famous-quote-misunderstood/

It has the best visualization of space-time warping I've seen yet:

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