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gpderetta 48 days ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Extremely Low Frequencies

"The Most Exciting Phrase in Science Is Not ‘Eureka!’ But ‘That’s Funny’"

(often attributed to Isaac Asimov, but origin is uncertain)

madcaptenor 48 days ago [–]

https://quoteinvestigator.com/2015/03/02/eureka-funny/

(in short, people have found the "Eureka" part in Asimov but not the "that's funny" part)

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