Science is the observation of things possible, whether present or past; prescience is the knowledge of things which may come to pass, though but slowly.

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Science is the observation of things possible, whether present or past; prescience is the knowledge of things which may come to pass, though but slowly." in the context of "Leonardo da Vinci, The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci (Richter, 1888) XIX Philosophical Maxims. Morals. Polemics and Speculations" to mean that wisdom is timeless.