That’s the trouble with not being in your own field: You don’t take it seriously.
RICHARD FEYNMANNobody 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.
More Richard Feynman Quotes
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What I cannot create, I do not understand.
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Science is what we have learned about how to keep from fooling ourselves.
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I learned very early the difference between knowing the name of something and knowing something.
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I a universe of atoms, an atom in the universe.
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There is no authority who decides what is a good idea.
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Science is like sex: sometimes something useful comes out, but that is not the reason we are doing it.
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Religion is a culture of faith; science is a culture of doubt.
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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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Philosophy of science is about as useful to scientists as ornithology is to birds.
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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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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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The highest forms of understanding we can achieve are laughter and human compassion.
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Physics is to math what sex is to masturbation.
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I think we should teach them [the people] wonders and that the purpose of knowledge is to appreciate wonders even more.
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For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for nature cannot be fooled.
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