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 FEYNMANI a universe of atoms, an atom in the universe.
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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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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Everything is made of atoms.
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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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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.
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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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We are lucky to live in an age in which we are still making discoveries.
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What Do You Care What Other People Think?
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Nature has a great simplicity and therefore a great beauty
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You see, I get so much fun out of thinking that I don’t want to destroy this pleasant machine that makes life such a big kick.
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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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Why nature is mathematical is, again, a mystery.
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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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People often think I’m a faker, but I’m usually honest, in a certain way–in such a way that often nobody believes me!
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A philosopher once said, It is necessary for the very existence of science that the same conditions always produce the same results. Well, they don’t!
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