black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

Philosophy of science is about as useful to scientists as ornithology is to birds.

Richard Feynman

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.
RICHARD FEYNMAN

Human Perfection Truth
Scientific knowledge is a body of statements of varying degrees of certainty – some most unsure, some nearly sure, none absolutely certain.
RICHARD FEYNMAN

Knowledge Philosophy Science
Physicists like to think that all you have to do is say, these are the conditions, now what happens next?
RICHARD FEYNMAN

Future Thinking Yourself
I don’t feel frightened by not knowing things, by being lost in a mysterious universe without any purpose, which is the way it really is, as far as I can tell. Possibly. It doesn’t frighten me.
RICHARD FEYNMAN

Feeling Lost Myself Mystery Possible Purpose Scare
Learn what the rest of the world is like. The variety is worthwhile.
RICHARD FEYNMAN

Learning World Worth
I was an ordinary person who studied hard. There are no miracle people. It happens they get interested in this thing and they learn all this stuff, but they’re just people.
RICHARD FEYNMAN

Learning Myself Ordinary People Person
To every man is given the key to the gates of heaven. The same key opens the gates of hell.
RICHARD FEYNMAN

Deep Heaven Hell Man Spiritual
The highest forms of understanding we can achieve are laughter and human compassion.
RICHARD FEYNMAN

Achievement Compassionate Human Laughter Understand
I’m smart enough to know that I’m dumb.
RICHARD FEYNMAN

Enough Fools Myself
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.
RICHARD FEYNMAN

Deep Enough Life Philosophy World
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.
RICHARD FEYNMAN

Knowledge Learning Myself People Understand Weakness
The things that mattered were honesty, independence, willingness to admit ignorance.
RICHARD FEYNMAN

Honesty Ignorance Independence Willing
Science is like sex: sometimes something useful comes out, but that is not the reason we are doing it.
RICHARD FEYNMAN

Reason Science Sex
If you thought that science was certain – well, that is just an error on your part.
RICHARD FEYNMAN

Mistake Science Yourself
The game I play is a very interesting one. It’s imagination, in a tight straightjacket.
RICHARD FEYNMAN

Game Imagination Myself Play
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.
RICHARD FEYNMAN

End Learning Life Live Mistake Yourself

Philosophy of science is about as useful to scientists as ornithology is to birds.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

Philosophy of science is about as useful to scientists as ornithology is to birds.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

More Richard Feynman Quotes