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Science is the belief in the ignorance of experts.

Richard Feynman

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
I learned very early the difference between knowing the name of something and knowing something.
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Deep Difference Education Learning Myself Philosophy
Innovation is a very difficult thing in the real world
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Difficult Innovation Reality World
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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Deep Herself Nature Pieces Reveal
We are trying to prove ourselves wrong as quickly as possible, because only in that way can we find progress.
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Improvement Ourselves Possible Quick Wrong
If you thought that science was certain – well, that is just an error on your part.
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Mistake Science Yourself
You have to have absolute confidence. Keep right on going, and nothing will happen.
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Confidence Inspirational Right Yourself
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
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.
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Easy Fools Principle Science Yourself
I’m smart enough to know that I’m dumb.
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Enough Fools Myself
If I could explain it to the average person, I wouldn’t have been worth the Nobel Prize.
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Explanation Myself Person Worth
Learn what the rest of the world is like. The variety is worthwhile.
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Learning World Worth
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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Believe Fake Honesty Myself People Thinking
Physics isn’t the most important thing. Love is.
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Important Love Science
Science is the organized skepticism in the reliability of expert opinion.
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Opinion Science
Science is like sex: sometimes something useful comes out, but that is not the reason we are doing it.
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Reason Science Sex

Science is the belief in the ignorance of experts.

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