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 FEYNMANPhilosophers say a great deal about what is absolutely necessary for science, and it is always, so far as one can see, rather naive, and probably wrong.
More Richard Feynman Quotes
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Philosophy of science is about as useful to scientists as ornithology is to birds.
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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’m smart enough to know that I’m dumb.
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What I cannot create, I do not understand.
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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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I believe that a scientist looking at nonscientific problems is just as dumb as the next guy.
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It doesn’t matter how beautiful your theory is, it doesn’t matter how smart you are. If it doesn’t agree with experiment, it’s wrong.
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I’d hate to die twice. It’s so boring.
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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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Mathematics is a language plus reasoning; it is like a language plus logic. Mathematics is a tool for reasoning.
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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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All mass is interaction.
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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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That was a very good way to get educated, working on the senior problems and learning how to pronounce things.
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The game I play is a very interesting one. It’s imagination, in a tight straightjacket.
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