Philosophy of science is about as useful to scientists as ornithology is to birds.
RICHARD FEYNMANMathematics is a language plus reasoning; it is like a language plus logic. Mathematics is a tool for reasoning.
More Richard Feynman Quotes
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You can’t say A is made of B or vice versa. All mass is interaction.
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Everything is interesting if you go into it deeply enough
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Science is the belief in the ignorance of experts.
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Everything is made of atoms.
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That was a very good way to get educated, working on the senior problems and learning how to pronounce things.
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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.
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Quantum mechanics describes nature as absurd from the point of view of common sense. And yet it fully agrees with experiment. So I hope you can accept nature as She is – absurd.
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It doesn’t matter how beautiful your theory is, it doesn’t matter how smart you are. If it doesn’t agree with experiment, it’s wrong.
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Science is what we have learned about how to keep from fooling ourselves.
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Words can be meaningless. If they are used in such a way that no sharp conclusions can be drawn.
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I a universe of atoms, an atom in the universe.
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A philosopher once said, It is necessary for the very existence of science that the same conditions always produce the same results. Well, they don’t!
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Science is the organized skepticism in the reliability of expert opinion.
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If you thought that science was certain – well, that is just an error on your part.
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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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