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We absolutely must leave room...

We absolutely must leave room for doubt or there is no progress and no learning. There is no learning without having to pose a question. And a question requires doubt. People search for certainty. But there is no certainty.

Richard Feynman 390 quotes

It does not matter who you ar...

It does not matter who you are, or how smart you are, or what title you have, or how many of you there are, and certainly not how many papers your side has published, if your prediction is wrong then your hypothesis is wrong. Period.

Richard Feynman 390 quotes

I, a universe of atoms, an at...

I, a universe of atoms, an atom in the universe.

Richard Feynman 390 quotes

Our freedom to doubt was born...

Our freedom to doubt was born out of a struggle against authority in the early days of science. It was a very deep and strong struggle: permit us to question - to doubt - to not be sure. I think that it is important that we do not forget this struggle and thus perhaps lose what we have gained.

Richard Feynman 390 quotes

The truth always turns out to...

The truth always turns out to be simpler than you thought.

Richard Feynman 390 quotes

God was invented to explain m...

God was invented to explain mystery. God is always invented to explain those things that you do not understand.

Richard Feynman 390 quotes

To those who do not know math...

To those who do not know mathematics it is difficult to get across a real feeling as to the beauty, the deepest beauty, of nature ... If you want to learn about nature, to appreciate nature, it is necessary to understand the language that she speaks in.

Richard Feynman 390 quotes

If you can't explain somethin...

If you can't explain something to a first year student, then you haven't really understood .

Richard Feynman 390 quotes

To develop working ideas effi...

To develop working ideas efficiently, I try to fail as fast as I can.

Richard Feynman 390 quotes

When a scientist doesn't know...

When a scientist doesn't know the answer to a problem, he is ignorant. When he has a hunch as to what the result is, he is uncertain. And when he is pretty darn sure of what the result is going to be, he is still in some doubt. We have found it of paramount importance that in order to progress we must recognize our ignorance and leave room for doubt. Scientific knowledge is a body of statements of varying degrees of certainty - some most unsure, some nearly sure, but none absolutely certain.

Richard Feynman 390 quotes

The real question of governme...

The real question of government versus private enterprise is argued on too philosophical and abstract a basis. Theoretically, planning may be good. But nobody has ever figured out the cause of government stupidity—and until they do (and find the cure), all ideal plans will fall into quicksand.

Richard Feynman 390 quotes

What I cannot create, I do no...

What I cannot create, I do not understand.

Richard Feynman 390 quotes

John von Neumann gave me an i...

John von Neumann gave me an interesting idea: that you don't have to be responsible for the world that you're in. So I have developed a very powerful sense of social irresponsibility as a result of von Neumann's advice. It's made me a very happy man ever since. But it was von Neumann who put the seed in that grew into my active irresponsibility!

Richard Feynman 390 quotes

It turns out that all life is...

It turns out that all life is interconnected with all other life.

Richard Feynman 390 quotes

Philosophy of science is abou...

Philosophy of science is about as useful to scientists as ornithology is to birds.

Richard Feynman 390 quotes

So I have just one wish for y...

So I have just one wish for you – the good luck to be somewhere where you are free to maintain the kind of integrity I have described, and where you do not feel forced by a need to maintain your position in the organization, or financial support, or so on, to lose your integrity. May you have that freedom.

Richard Feynman 390 quotes

I learned very early the diff...

I learned very early the difference between knowing the name of something and knowing something.

Richard Feynman 390 quotes

I would rather have questions...

I would rather have questions that can't be answered than answers that can't be questioned.

Richard Feynman 390 quotes

Experiment is the sole judge ...

Experiment is the sole judge of the validity of any idea.

Richard Feynman 390 quotes

First you guess. Don't laugh,...

First you guess. Don't laugh, this is the most important step. Then you compute the consequences. Compare the consequences to experience. If it disagrees with experience, the guess is wrong. In that simple statement is the key to science. It doesn't matter how beautiful your guess is or how smart you are or what your name is. If it disagrees with experience, it's wrong. That's all there is to it.

Richard Feynman 390 quotes

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