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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.

Richard Feynman

Religion is a culture of faith; science is a culture of doubt.
RICHARD FEYNMAN

Deep Doubt Faith Science
Learn what the rest of the world is like. The variety is worthwhile.
RICHARD FEYNMAN

Learning World Worth
Of course, you only live one life, and you make all your mistakes, and learn what not to do, and that’s the end of you.
RICHARD FEYNMAN

End Learning Life Live Mistake Yourself
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.
RICHARD FEYNMAN

Doubt Live Myself Philosophy Wrong
Study hard what interests you the most in the most undisciplined, irreverent and original manner possible.
RICHARD FEYNMAN

Discipline Education Possible Yourself
Everything is made of atoms.
RICHARD FEYNMAN

Science Space
Philosophy of science is about as useful to scientists as ornithology is to birds.
RICHARD FEYNMAN

Animal Philosophy Science
Science is the organized skepticism in the reliability of expert opinion.
RICHARD FEYNMAN

Opinion Science
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 Weakness
That’s the trouble with not being in your own field: You don’t take it seriously.
RICHARD FEYNMAN

Serious Yourself
There is no authority who decides what is a good idea.
RICHARD FEYNMAN

Authority Decision Goodness Ideas
Science is like sex: sometimes something useful comes out, but that is not the reason we are doing it.
RICHARD FEYNMAN

Reason Science Sex
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
That was a very good way to get educated, working on the senior problems and learning how to pronounce things.
RICHARD FEYNMAN

Education Goodness Learning Problem
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

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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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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