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Before I came here I was conf...

Before I came here I was confused about this subject. Having listened to your lecture I am still confused. But on a higher level.

Enrico Fermi 29 quotes

Where is everybody? Humans co...

Where is everybody? Humans could theoretically colonize the galaxy in a million years or so, and if they could, astronauts from older civilizations could do the same. So why haven't they come to Earth?

Enrico Fermi 29 quotes

I remember my friend Johnny v...

I remember my friend Johnny von Neumann used to say, 'with four parameters I can fit an elephant and with five I can make him wiggle his trunk.'

Enrico Fermi 29 quotes

Ignorance is never better tha...

Ignorance is never better than knowledge

Enrico Fermi 29 quotes

Experimental confirmation of ...

Experimental confirmation of a prediction is merely a measurement. An experiment disproving a prediction is a discovery.

Enrico Fermi 29 quotes

When asked what he meant by a...

When asked what he meant by a miracle: Oh, anything with a probability of less than 20%.

Enrico Fermi 29 quotes

The fact that no limits exist...

The fact that no limits exist to the destructiveness of this weapon [the 'Super', i.e. the hydrogen bomb] makes its very existence and the knowledge of its construction a danger to humanity as a whole. It is necessarily an evil thing considered in any light. For these reasons, we believe it important for the President of the United States to tell the American public and the world what we think is wrong on fundamental ethical principles to initiate the development of such a weapon.

Enrico Fermi 29 quotes

One might be led to question ...

One might be led to question whether the scientists acted wisely in presenting the statesmen of the world with this appalling problem. Actually there was no choice. Once basic knowledge is acquired, any attempt at preventing its fruition would be as futile as hoping to stop the earth from revolving around the sun.

Enrico Fermi 29 quotes

Never underestimate the joy p...

Never underestimate the joy people derive from hearing something they already know.

Enrico Fermi 29 quotes

Whatever Nature has in store ...

Whatever Nature has in store for mankind, unpleasant as it may be, men must accept, for ignorance is never better than knowledge.

Enrico Fermi 29 quotes

It is not good to try to stop...

It is not good to try to stop knowledge from going forward. Ignorance is never better than knowledge.

Enrico Fermi 29 quotes

Ignorance is never better tha...

Ignorance is never better than knowledge.

Enrico Fermi 29 quotes

The fundamental point in fabr...

The fundamental point in fabricating a chain reacting machine is of course to see to it that each fission produces a certain number of neutrons and some of these neutrons will again produce fission.

Enrico Fermi 29 quotes

It is no good to try to stop ...

It is no good to try to stop knowledge from going forward. Ignorance is never better than knowledge.

Enrico Fermi 29 quotes

Although the problem of trans...

Although the problem of transmuting chemical elements into each other is much older than a satisfactory definition of the very concept of chemical element, it is well known that the first and most important step towards its solution was made only nineteen years ago by the late Lord Rutherford, who started the method of the nuclear bombardments.

Enrico Fermi 29 quotes

I hope it won't take long....

I hope it won't take long.

Enrico Fermi 29 quotes

Where is everybody? Humans cou...

Where is everybody? Humans could theoretically colonize the galaxy in a million years or so, and if they could, astronauts from older civilizations could do the same. So why haven't they come to Earth?

Enrico Fermi 29 quotes

When asked what he meant by a ...

When asked what he meant by a miracle: Oh, anything with a probability of less than 20%.

Enrico Fermi 29 quotes

Young man, if I could remember...

Young man, if I could remember the names of these particles, I would have been a botanist.

Enrico Fermi 29 quotes

Some people stick with the tra...

Some people stick with the traditional, feeling struck by the epic beauty or blown away by the insane scale of the universe. Personally, I go for the old 'existential meltdown followed by acting weird for the next half hour. But everyone feels something.

Enrico Fermi 29 quotes

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Кира Найтли на страницах журнала к выходу фильма «Пиджак», 2005. Следы динозавра, раскопанные в русле реки Палакси. Техас. США. 1952г. Самая большая женщина рядом с самым маленьким мужчиной, 1922 год....