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Is not my present nearer my past of yesterday than the present of Sirius?
Henri Poincaré
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The Value of Science, in The Foundations of Science (1913 translation); Exact wording and attribution checked. Contrasts the intimate continuity of consciousness with the challenge of defining simultaneity at a distant star.
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The Value of Science, in The Foundations of Science (1913 translation)
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  • gutenberg.orgChecked using manual, 21 October 2026The Value of Science, in The Foundations of Science (1913 translation); Exact wording and attribution checked. Contrasts the intimate continuity of consciousness with the challenge of defining simultaneity at a distant star.

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