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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

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
For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for nature cannot be fooled.
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Fools Nature Success Technology
The things that mattered were honesty, independence, willingness to admit ignorance.
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Honesty Ignorance Independence Willing
Science is what we have learned about how to keep from fooling ourselves.
RICHARD FEYNMAN

Fools Learning Ourselves Science
You can’t say A is made of B or vice versa. All mass is interaction.
RICHARD FEYNMAN

Science Yourself
Words can be meaningless. If they are used in such a way that no sharp conclusions can be drawn.
RICHARD FEYNMAN

Deep Word
If you thought that science was certain – well, that is just an error on your part.
RICHARD FEYNMAN

Mistake Science Yourself
I can live with doubt and uncertainty and not knowing. I think it’s much more interesting to live not knowing than to have answers that might be wrong.
RICHARD FEYNMAN

Doubt Live Myself Philosophy Wrong
Nature has a great simplicity and therefore a great beauty
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Beautiful Greatness Nature Simplicity
Quantum mechanics describes nature as absurd from the point of view of common sense. And yet it fully agrees with experiment. So I hope you can accept nature as She is – absurd.
RICHARD FEYNMAN

Acceptance Herself Hope Mad Myself Nature View
Everything is interesting if you go into it deeply enough
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Deep Yourself
I believe that a scientist looking at nonscientific problems is just as dumb as the next guy.
RICHARD FEYNMAN

Believe Man Myself Problem Science
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.
RICHARD FEYNMAN

Feeling Lost Myself Mystery Possible Purpose Scare
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
What Do You Care What Other People Think?
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Care People Thinking Yourself
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

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.

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