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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

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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Greatness Necessary Philosophy Science Wrong
Physics isn’t the most important thing. Love is.
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Important Love Science
Everything is made of atoms.
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Science Space
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 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.
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Himself People Reading
The imagination of nature is far, far greater than the imagination of man.
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Greatness Imagination Man Nature
That was a very good way to get educated, working on the senior problems and learning how to pronounce things.
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Education Goodness Learning Problem
There is no authority who decides what is a good idea.
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Authority Decision Goodness Ideas
I have no responsibility to live up to what others expect of me. That’s their mistake, not my failing.
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Expectation Failure Mistake Myself Responsibility
I couldn’t claim that I was smarter than sixty-five other guys-but the average of sixty-five other guys, certainly!
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Man Myself Smart
Religion is a culture of faith; science is a culture of doubt.
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Deep Doubt Faith Science
Everything is interesting if you go into it deeply enough
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Deep Yourself
If you thought that science was certain – well, that is just an error on your part.
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Mistake Science Yourself
Learn what the rest of the world is like. The variety is worthwhile.
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Learning World Worth
Nobody ever figures out what life is all about, and it doesn’t matter. Explore the world. Nearly everything is really interesting if you go into it deeply enough.
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Deep Enough Life Philosophy World
Mathematics is a language plus reasoning; it is like a language plus logic. Mathematics is a tool for reasoning.
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Language Logic Mathematics Tool

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