The first principle is that you must not fool yourself and you are the easiest person to fool.
RICHARD FEYNMANIn 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.
More Richard Feynman Quotes
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I would rather have questions that can’t be answered than answers that can’t be questioned.
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You see, I get so much fun out of thinking that I don’t want to destroy this pleasant machine that makes life such a big kick.
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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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The imagination of nature is far, far greater than the imagination of man.
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That’s the trouble with not being in your own field: You don’t take it seriously.
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The game I play is a very interesting one. It’s imagination, in a tight straightjacket.
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The highest forms of understanding we can achieve are laughter and human compassion.
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I a universe of atoms, an atom in the universe.
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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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I think a power to do something is of value. Whether the result is a good thing or a bad thing depends on how it is used, but the power is a value.
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How much do you value life? Sixty-four.
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Philosophy of science is about as useful to scientists as ornithology is to birds.
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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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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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Religion is a culture of faith; science is a culture of doubt.
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