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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

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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Danger Future Opportunity Past Time
Innovation is a very difficult thing in the real world
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Difficult Innovation Reality World
Religion is a culture of faith; science is a culture of doubt.
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Deep Doubt Faith Science
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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Beautiful Science Smart Theory Wrong Yourself
The first principle is that you must not fool yourself and you are the easiest person to fool.
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Easy Fools Person Principle Yourself
That’s the trouble with not being in your own field: You don’t take it seriously.
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Serious Yourself
I’d hate to die twice. It’s so boring.
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Death Hate Myself
Of course, you only live one life, and you make all your mistakes, and learn what not to do, and that’s the end of you.
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End Learning Life Live Mistake Yourself
Scientific knowledge is a body of statements of varying degrees of certainty – some most unsure, some nearly sure, none absolutely certain.
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Knowledge Philosophy Science
The game I play is a very interesting one. It’s imagination, in a tight straightjacket.
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Game Imagination Myself Play
Everything is interesting if you go into it deeply enough
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Deep Yourself
How much do you value life? Sixty-four.
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Life Value Yourself
The imagination of nature is far, far greater than the imagination of man.
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Greatness Imagination Man Nature
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?
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Beautiful Feeling Myself Night Philosophy Poet Science Stars
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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Deep Herself Nature Pieces Reveal
If you thought that science was certain – well, that is just an error on your part.
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Mistake 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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