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We are trying to prove ourselves wrong as quickly as possible, because only in that way can we find progress.

Richard Feynman

In physics the truth is rarely perfectly clear, and that is certainly universally the case in human affairs. Hence, what is not surrounded by uncertainty cannot be the truth.
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Human Perfection Truth
Nobody ever figures out what life is all about, and it doesn’t matter. Explore the world. Nearly everything is really interesting if you go into it deeply enough.
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Deep Enough Life Philosophy World
All mass is interaction.
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One Liner Science Space
I can live with doubt and uncertainty and not knowing. I think it’s much more interesting to live not knowing than to have answers that might be wrong.
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Doubt Live Myself Philosophy Wrong
Science is the belief in the ignorance of experts.
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Belief Ignorance Science
How much do you value life? Sixty-four.
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Life Value Yourself
I don’t feel frightened by not knowing things, by being lost in a mysterious universe without any purpose, which is the way it really is, as far as I can tell. Possibly. It doesn’t frighten me.
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Feeling Lost Myself Mystery Possible Purpose Scare
For those who want some proof that physicists are human, the proof is in the idiocy of all the different units which they use for measuring energy.
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Different Evidence Human Science
Nature uses only the longest threads to weave her patterns, so each small piece of her fabric reveals the organization of the entire tapestry.
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Deep Herself Nature Pieces Reveal
I always do that, get into something and see how far I can go.
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Character Myself See
The imagination of nature is far, far greater than the imagination of man.
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Greatness Imagination Man Nature
For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for nature cannot be fooled.
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Fools Nature Success Technology
Mathematics is a language plus reasoning; it is like a language plus logic. Mathematics is a tool for reasoning.
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Language Logic Mathematics Tool
I don’t know what’s the matter with people: they don’t learn by understanding, they learn by some other way — by rote or something. Their knowledge is so fragile.
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Knowledge Learning Myself People Understand Weakness
That was a very good way to get educated, working on the senior problems and learning how to pronounce things.
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Education Goodness Learning Problem
Study hard what interests you the most in the most undisciplined, irreverent and original manner possible.
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Discipline Education Possible Yourself

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