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Imagination is the Discovering Faculty, pre-eminently. It is that which penetrates into the unseen worlds around us, the worlds of Science.
"Imagination is the Discovering Faculty, pre-eminently. It is that which penetrates into the unseen worlds around us, the worlds of Science."— Ada Lovelace
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Meaning of this quote
Imagination helps identify possibilities and relationships that observation alone has not yet revealed.
Key takeaway:
Use imaginative hypotheses, then test them through disciplined inquiry.
Origin of the quote
Letter to Charles Babbage, January 1841.
Who actually said this?
A university thesis identifies the letter; quotations differ between world and worlds of Science, so check the chosen edition.
