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Differences Quote by Carl Sagan

“The difference between physics and metaphysics is not that the…” quote by Carl Sagan — Download Open image

“The difference between physics and metaphysics is not that the practitioners of one are smarter than the practitioners of the other. The difference is that the metaphysicist has no laboratory.”

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