Science is a way of trying not to fool yourself. The principle is that you must not fool yourself, and you are the easiest person to fool.
RICHARD FEYNMANPhysicists like to think that all you have to do is say, these are the conditions, now what happens next?
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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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Learn what the rest of the world is like. The variety is worthwhile.
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There is no authority who decides what is a good idea.
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Never confuse education with intelligence, you can have a PhD and still be an idiot.
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The highest forms of understanding we can achieve are laughter and human compassion.
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All mass is interaction.
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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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I believe that a scientist looking at nonscientific problems is just as dumb as the next guy.
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That’s the trouble with not being in your own field: You don’t take it seriously.
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For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for nature cannot be fooled.
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Tell your son to stop trying to fill your head with science — for to fill your heart with love is enough.
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I don’t feel frightened by not knowing things, by being lost in a mysterious universe without any purpose, which is the way it really is, as far as I can tell. Possibly. It doesn’t frighten me.
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The game I play is a very interesting one. It’s imagination, in a tight straightjacket.
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The things that mattered were honesty, independence, willingness to admit ignorance.
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Mathematics is a language plus reasoning; it is like a language plus logic. Mathematics is a tool for reasoning.
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