I learned very early the difference between knowing the name of something and knowing something.
RICHARD FEYNMANThe game I play is a very interesting one. It’s imagination, in a tight straightjacket.
More Richard Feynman Quotes
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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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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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I can live with doubt and uncertainty and not knowing. I think it’s much more interesting to live not knowing than to have answers that might be wrong.
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Study hard what interests you the most in the most undisciplined, irreverent and original manner possible.
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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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Everything is interesting if you go into it deeply enough
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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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If you thought that science was certain – well, that is just an error on your part.
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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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Religion is a culture of faith; science is a culture of doubt.
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If I could explain it to the average person, I wouldn’t have been worth the Nobel Prize.
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Tell your son to stop trying to fill your head with science — for to fill your heart with love is enough.
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The highest forms of understanding we can achieve are laughter and human compassion.
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Science is the organized skepticism in the reliability of expert opinion.
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I believe that a scientist looking at nonscientific problems is just as dumb as the next guy.
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