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It is not good to try to stop knowledge from going forward. Ignorance is never better than knowledge.

Enrico Fermi

Never underestimate the joy people derive from hearing something they already know.
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Happiness Joy People
It is not good to try to stop knowledge from going forward. Ignorance is never better than knowledge.
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Better Goodness Ignorance Knowledge Stop Try
Young man, if I could remember the names of these particles, I would have been a botanist.
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Man Myself Name Remember Young
Before I came here I was confused about this subject. Having listened to your lecture I am still confused. But on a higher level.
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Confusion Funny Listening Myself Subject
An experiment disproving a prediction is discovery.
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Discover Experiment Prediction Science
Experimental confirmation of a prediction is merely a measurement. An experiment disproving a prediction is a discovery.
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Confirmation Discover Experiment Measurement Prediction
Whatever Nature has in store for mankind, unpleasant as it may be, men must accept, for ignorance is never better than knowledge.
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It does not say in the Bible that all laws of nature are expressible linearly!
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Book Expression Law Nature Religious
When asked what he meant by a miracle: Oh, anything with a probability of less than 20%.
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Magic Miracle Myself Probability
Where is everybody? Humans could theoretically colonize the galaxy in a million years or so, and if they could, astronauts from older civilizations could do the same. So why haven’t they come to Earth?
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Civilization Earth Human Old Theory Time
The fundamental point in fabricating a chain reacting machine is of course to see to it that each fission produces a certain number of neutrons and some of these neutrons will again produce fission.
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Fabric Fundamental Production Science
There are two possible outcomes: if the result confirms the hypothesis, then you’ve made a measurement. If the result is contrary to the hypothesis, then you’ve made a discovery.
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Confirmation Discover Measurement Possible Result Science Yourself
Ignorance is never better than knowledge.
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