Physics is like sex: sure, it may give some practical results, but that’s not why we do it.
RICHARD FEYNMANIt 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.
More Richard Feynman Quotes
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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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Why nature is mathematical is, again, a mystery.
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I’m smart enough to know that I’m dumb.
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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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Innovation is a very difficult thing in the real world
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Science is what we have learned about how to keep from fooling ourselves.
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Nature has a great simplicity and therefore a great beauty
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Physics isn’t the most important thing. Love is.
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I think a power to do something is of value. Whether the result is a good thing or a bad thing depends on how it is used, but the power is a value.
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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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Learn what the rest of the world is like. The variety is worthwhile.
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I always do that, get into something and see how far I can go.
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For those who want some proof that physicists are human, the proof is in the idiocy of all the different units which they use for measuring energy.
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Thank you very Much, I enjoyed myself.
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The game I play is a very interesting one. It’s imagination, in a tight straightjacket.
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