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Enrico Fermi13 quotes“It is not good to try to stop knowledge from going forward. Ignorance is never better than knowledge.”
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When asked what he meant by a miracle: Oh, anything with a probability of less than 20%.
Enrico FermiEnrico Fermi Ignorance is never better than knowledge.
Enrico FermiEnrico Fermi It does not say in the Bible that all laws of nature are expressible linearly!
Enrico FermiEnrico Fermi 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.
Enrico FermiEnrico Fermi 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.
Enrico FermiEnrico Fermi 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?
Enrico FermiEnrico Fermi Young man, if I could remember the names of these particles, I would have been a botanist.
Enrico FermiEnrico Fermi Before I came here I was confused about this subject. Having listened to your lecture I am still confused. But on a higher level.
Enrico FermiEnrico Fermi Whatever Nature has in store for mankind, unpleasant as it may be, men must accept, for ignorance is never better than knowledge.
Enrico FermiEnrico Fermi Experimental confirmation of a prediction is merely a measurement. An experiment disproving a prediction is a discovery.
Enrico FermiEnrico Fermi An experiment disproving a prediction is discovery.
Enrico FermiEnrico Fermi Never underestimate the joy people derive from hearing something they already know.
Enrico FermiEnrico Fermi
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Teresa PeresTeresa Peres We parted sadly, like children in the street on a pleasant june afternoon.
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