Philosophy of science is about as useful to scientists as ornithology is to birds.
RICHARD FEYNMANReligion is a culture of faith; science is a culture of doubt.
More Richard Feynman Quotes
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We are trying to prove ourselves wrong as quickly as possible, because only in that way can we find progress.
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Physics is like sex: sure, it may give some practical results, but that’s not why we do it.
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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!
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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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Nobody ever figures out what life is all about, and it doesn’t matter. Explore the world. Nearly everything is really interesting if you go into it deeply enough.
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Science is the organized skepticism in the reliability of expert opinion.
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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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All mass is interaction.
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What Do You Care What Other People Think?
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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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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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I believe that a scientist looking at nonscientific problems is just as dumb as the next guy.
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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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I have to keep going to find out ultimately what is the matter with it in the end.
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Everything is interesting if you go into it deeply enough
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