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The world is not presented to the reflective mind as a finished product. The mind has to form its picture from innumerable sensations, experiences, communications, memories, perceptions. Hence there are probably not two thinking people whose picture of the world coincides in every respect.
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Born, M. (1969). Introduction to ‘Einstein’s Theory of Relativity’ (1921). In: Physics in My Generation. Heidelberg Science Library. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-7587-0_1
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