Philosophy of science is about as useful to scientists as ornithology is to birds.
RICHARD FEYNMANI’d hate to die twice. It’s so boring.
More Richard Feynman Quotes
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For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for nature cannot be fooled.
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All mass is interaction.
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The game I play is a very interesting one. It’s imagination, in a tight straightjacket.
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You can’t say A is made of B or vice versa. All mass is interaction.
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The things that mattered were honesty, independence, willingness to admit ignorance.
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I couldn’t claim that I was smarter than sixty-five other guys-but the average of sixty-five other guys, certainly!
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Why nature is mathematical is, again, a mystery.
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How much do you value life? Sixty-four.
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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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Science is like sex: sometimes something useful comes out, but that is not the reason we are doing it.
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It doesn’t matter how beautiful your theory is, it doesn’t matter how smart you are. If it doesn’t agree with experiment, it’s wrong.
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Science is the belief in the ignorance of experts.
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But there is nothing in biology yet found that indicates the inevitability of death.
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I think a power to do something is of value. Whether the result is a good thing or a bad thing depends on how it is used, but the power is a value.
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I have no responsibility to live up to what others expect of me. That’s their mistake, not my failing.
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