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Bernardo de La Paz

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4. Okay, you did not provide it so I had to look it up

Reply to DavidDvorkin (Reply #3)

Fri Nov 7, 2025, 12:49 AM

Nov 7

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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Einstein: [View all] applegrove Nov 6 OP

Imagination is at the root of the search for knowledge and knowledge fuels imagination. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Nov 6 #1

That's essentially the rest of that quotation DavidDvorkin Nov 7 #3

Okay, you did not provide it so I had to look it up Bernardo de La Paz Nov 7 #4

Quote of the Week! calimary Nov 6 #2