To understand a thing is to know the manner by which it might be destroyed.

To understand a thing is to know the manner by which it might be destroyed. A fundamental
understanding of the basic building-blocks of the Universe is essential, then, to the total
destruction of everything.

-- Foreman Domai
"One Tool, One Thought"

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