J. B. S. Haldane, Possible Worlds and Other Papers (1927), p. 286
• Often paraphrased: The world is not only stranger than we imagine, it is stranger than we can imagine.
• Often paraphrased: The world is not only stranger than we imagine, it is stranger than we can imagine.
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The Universe is not only queerer than we suppose, but queerer than we can suppose.
— J. B. S. Haldane on Reality
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• Often paraphrased: The world is not only stranger than we imagine, it is stranger than we can imagine." to mean that wisdom is timeless.
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About J. B. S. Haldane
John Burdon Sanderson Haldane (5 November 1892 – 1 December 1964) was a British geneticist and evolutionary biologist.
About J. B. S. Haldane
John Burdon Sanderson Haldane (5 November 1892 – 1 December 1964) was a British geneticist and evolutionary biologist.
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