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Philosophers 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.

Richard Feynman

The game I play is a very interesting one. It’s imagination, in a tight straightjacket.
RICHARD FEYNMAN

Game Imagination Myself Play
To every man is given the key to the gates of heaven. The same key opens the gates of hell.
RICHARD FEYNMAN

Deep Heaven Hell Man Spiritual
I have to keep going to find out ultimately what is the matter with it in the end.
RICHARD FEYNMAN

End Myself Problem
You have to have absolute confidence. Keep right on going, and nothing will happen.
RICHARD FEYNMAN

Confidence Inspirational Right Yourself
I have no responsibility to live up to what others expect of me. That’s their mistake, not my failing.
RICHARD FEYNMAN

Expectation Failure Mistake Myself Responsibility
Scientific knowledge is a body of statements of varying degrees of certainty – some most unsure, some nearly sure, none absolutely certain.
RICHARD FEYNMAN

Knowledge Philosophy Science
Thank you very Much, I enjoyed myself.
RICHARD FEYNMAN

Enjoyment Thankful
We are trying to prove ourselves wrong as quickly as possible, because only in that way can we find progress.
RICHARD FEYNMAN

Improvement Ourselves Possible Quick Wrong
The imagination of nature is far, far greater than the imagination of man.
RICHARD FEYNMAN

Greatness Imagination Man Nature
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
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
Mathematics is a language plus reasoning; it is like a language plus logic. Mathematics is a tool for reasoning.
RICHARD FEYNMAN

Language Logic Mathematics Tool
Religion is a culture of faith; science is a culture of doubt.
RICHARD FEYNMAN

Deep Doubt Faith Science
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 FEYNMAN

Easy Fools Principle Science Yourself
That’s the trouble with not being in your own field: You don’t take it seriously.
RICHARD FEYNMAN

Serious Yourself
The individual member of the social community often receives his information via visual, symbolic channels. I went back and forth over it, and translated. You know what it means? People read.
RICHARD FEYNMAN

Himself People Reading

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