Experimental confirmation of a prediction is merely a measurement. An experiment disproving a prediction is a discovery.
ENRICO FERMIExperimental confirmation of a prediction is merely a measurement. An experiment disproving a prediction is a discovery.
ENRICO FERMIAn experiment disproving a prediction is discovery.
ENRICO FERMIWhatever Nature has in store for mankind, unpleasant as it may be, men must accept, for ignorance is never better than knowledge.
ENRICO FERMIIgnorance is never better than knowledge.
ENRICO FERMIWhere is everybody? Humans could theoretically colonize the galaxy in a million years or so, and if they could, astronauts from older civilizations could do the same. So why haven’t they come to Earth?
ENRICO FERMIIt is not good to try to stop knowledge from going forward. Ignorance is never better than knowledge.
ENRICO FERMIThe fundamental point in fabricating a chain reacting machine is of course to see to it that each fission produces a certain number of neutrons and some of these neutrons will again produce fission.
ENRICO FERMIIt does not say in the Bible that all laws of nature are expressible linearly!
ENRICO FERMIThere are two possible outcomes: if the result confirms the hypothesis, then you’ve made a measurement. If the result is contrary to the hypothesis, then you’ve made a discovery.
ENRICO FERMIWhen asked what he meant by a miracle: Oh, anything with a probability of less than 20%.
ENRICO FERMIYoung man, if I could remember the names of these particles, I would have been a botanist.
ENRICO FERMINever underestimate the joy people derive from hearing something they already know.
ENRICO FERMIBefore I came here I was confused about this subject. Having listened to your lecture I am still confused. But on a higher level.
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