Alien World of Facts Outside Ourselves
Outside our consciousness there lies the cold and alien world of actual things. Between the two stretches the narrow borderland of the senses. No communication between the two worlds is possible excepting across the narrow strip. For a proper understanding of ourselves and of the world, it is of the highest importance that this borderland should be thoroughly explored.
Heinrich Hertz, Keynote Address, a tribute to Helmholtz, at the Imperial Palace, Berlin (1891)
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Science is about bridging the gap between ourselves and the outside.
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