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A philosopher once said, It is necessary for the very existence of science that the same conditions always produce the same results. Well, they don’t!

Richard Feynman

I think it’s much more interesting to live not knowing than to have answers which might be wrong.
RICHARD FEYNMAN

Live Myself Philosophy Thinking Wrong
Poets say science takes away from the beauty of the stars – mere globs of gas atoms. I, too, can see the stars on a desert night, and feel them. But do I see less or more?
RICHARD FEYNMAN

Beautiful Feeling Myself Night Philosophy Poet Science Stars
The imagination of nature is far, far greater than the imagination of man.
RICHARD FEYNMAN

Greatness Imagination Man Nature
Physics is like sex: sure, it may give some practical results, but that’s not why we do it.
RICHARD FEYNMAN

Practice Result Science Sex
Science is like sex: sometimes something useful comes out, but that is not the reason we are doing it.
RICHARD FEYNMAN

Reason Science Sex
There are thousands of years in the past, and there is an unknown amount of time in the future. There are all kinds of opportunities, and there are all kinds of dangers.
RICHARD FEYNMAN

Danger Future Opportunity Past Time
Learn what the rest of the world is like. The variety is worthwhile.
RICHARD FEYNMAN

Learning World Worth
For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for nature cannot be fooled.
RICHARD FEYNMAN

Fools Nature Success Technology
I believe that a scientist looking at nonscientific problems is just as dumb as the next guy.
RICHARD FEYNMAN

Believe Man Myself Problem Science
I’m smart enough to know that I’m dumb.
RICHARD FEYNMAN

Enough Fools Myself
Philosophy of science is about as useful to scientists as ornithology is to birds.
RICHARD FEYNMAN

Animal Philosophy Science
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.
RICHARD FEYNMAN

Beautiful Science Smart Theory Wrong Yourself
People often think I’m a faker, but I’m usually honest, in a certain way–in such a way that often nobody believes me!
RICHARD FEYNMAN

Believe Fake Honesty Myself People Thinking
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!
RICHARD FEYNMAN

Knowledge Learning Myself People Understand
But there is nothing in biology yet found that indicates the inevitability of death.
RICHARD FEYNMAN

Death Deep Science
Science is the belief in the ignorance of experts.
RICHARD FEYNMAN

Belief Ignorance Science

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