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 FEYNMANFor 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.
More Richard Feynman Quotes
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Learn what the rest of the world is like. The variety is worthwhile.
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Science is what we have learned about how to keep from fooling ourselves.
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I learned from my father to translate: everything I read I try to figure out what it really means, what it’s really saying.
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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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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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For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for nature cannot be fooled.
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Physics isn’t the most important thing. Love is.
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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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You have to have absolute confidence. Keep right on going, and nothing will happen.
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There is no authority who decides what is a good idea.
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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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The game I play is a very interesting one. It’s imagination, in a tight straightjacket.
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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.
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If you thought that science was certain – well, that is just an error on your part.
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Religion is a culture of faith; science is a culture of doubt.
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