I believe that a scientist looking at nonscientific problems is just as dumb as the next guy.
RICHARD FEYNMANFor 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.
More Richard Feynman Quotes
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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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Philosophy of science is about as useful to scientists as ornithology is to birds.
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Science is what we have learned about how to keep from fooling ourselves.
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The game I play is a very interesting one. It’s imagination, in a tight straightjacket.
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I a universe of atoms, an atom in the universe.
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Never confuse education with intelligence, you can have a PhD and still be an idiot.
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Physics is like sex: sure, it may give some practical results, but that’s not why we do it.
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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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You have no responsibility to live up to what other people think you ought to accomplish. I have no responsibility to be like they expect me to be. It’s their mistake, not my failing.
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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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If you thought that science was certain – well, that is just an error on your part.
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You can’t say A is made of B or vice versa. All mass is interaction.
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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 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!
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Why nature is mathematical is, again, a mystery.
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