We think we understand the regular reflection of light and X rays - and we should understand the reflections of electrons as well if electrons were only waves instead of particles ... It is rather as if one were to see a rabbit climbing a tree, and were to say ‘Well, that is rather a strange thing for a rabbit to be doing, but after all there is really nothing to get excited about. Cats climb trees - so that if the rabbit were only a cat, we would understand its behavior perfectly.’

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"I dwell in possibility."

- Emily Dickinson

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"They who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream by night."

- Edgar Allan Poe

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"Every possibility begins with the courage to imagine."

- Mary Anne Radmacher

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""Your imagination is your preview of life's coming attractions.""

- Albert Einstein

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"Why, sometimes I’ve believed six impossible things before breakfast."

- Alice in Wonderland

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