Artefacts Quote by Mario Bunge

“I pity the babies whose mothers are busy texting trivialities instead of playing with their children; I pity the children who are tethered to their cell phones instead of playing ball; I pity the adolescents who are wasting their best years holding one of those artefacts instead of the hand of another young person.”

Mario Bunge

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The motto of science is not just Pauca but rather Plurima ex paucissimis - the most out of the least.

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