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Richard P. Feynman stresses that experiments must repeat the same result under the same conditions. He says not knowing something isn’t scary and that truth often turns out simpler than expected. He warns us to watch out for self‑deception, because we are the easiest to fool.

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This is not yet a scientific age.

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Science is uncertain.

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Science is of value because it can produce something.

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Progress in science comes when experiments contradict theory.

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Science is a way of trying not to fool yourself.

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Science is the belief in the ignorance of experts.

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Science is what we do to keep us from lying to ourselves

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Religion is a culture of faith; science is a culture of doubt.

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Physics isn't the most important thing. Love is.

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Scientists are explorers. Philosophers are tourists.

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There are all kinds of interesting questions that come from a knowledge of science, which only adds to the excitement and mystery…

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Doubt is clearly a value in science. It is important to doubt and that the doubt is not a fearful thing, but…

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It is not unscientific to make a guess, although many people who are not in science think it is.

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For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled.

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Science alone of all the subjects contains within itself the lesson of the danger of belief in the infallibility of the greatest…

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Before I was born, my father told my mother, 'If it's a boy, he's going to be a scientist.'

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To guess what to keep and what to throw away takes considerable skill. Actually it is probably merely a matter of luck,…

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That is the logical tight-rope on which we have to walk if we wish to interpret nature.

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There are theoretical physicists who imagine, deduce, and guess at new laws, but do not experiment; and then there are experimental physicists…

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“CURIOSITY DEMANDS THAT WE ASK QUESTIONS, THAT WE TRY TO PUT THINGS TOGETHER AND TRY TO UNDERSTAND THIS MULTITUDE OF ASPECTS AS…

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Although it is uncertain, it is necessary to make science useful. Science is only useful if it tells you about some experiment…

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The first principle is that you must not fool yourself—and you are the easiest person to fool. So you have to be…

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If you thought you were trying to find out more about it because you're gonna get an answer to some deep philosophical…

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The work I have done has, already, been adequately rewarded and recognized. Imagination reaches out repeatedly trying to achieve some higher level…

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Is science of any value? I think a power to do something is of value. Whether the result is a good thing…

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If science is to progress, what we need is the ability to experiment, honesty in reporting results—the results must be reported without…

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“Are you looking for the ultimate laws of physics?" No, I'm not. I'm just looking to find out more about the world…

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“The scientist has a lot of experience with ignorance and doubt and uncertainty, and this experience is of very great importance, I…

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It is surprising that people do not believe that there is imagination in science. It is a very interesting kind of imagination,…

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It is going to be necessary that everything that happens in a finite volume of space and time would have to be…

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It is our responsibility as scientists, knowing the great progress which comes from a satisfactory philosophy of ignorance, the great progress which…

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We've learned from experience that the truth will come out. Other experimenters will repeat your experiment and find out whether you were…

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Poets say science takes away from the beauty of stars-mere globs of gas atoms. Nothing is "mere". I too see the stars…

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'Conservation' (the conservation law) means this ... that there is a number, which you can calculate, at one moment-and as nature undergoes…

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Physics is to mathematics what sex is to masturbation.

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

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“I don't mind not knowing. It doesn't scare me.”

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Observation, reason, and experiment make up what we call the scientific method.

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Science is a way for us to not fool ourselves.

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If you thought that science was certain - well, that is just an error on your part.

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It is necessary for the very existence of science that minds exist which do not allow that nature must satisfy some preconceived conditions.

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All the time you're saying to yourself, 'I could do that, but I won't,'--which is just another way of saying that you can't.

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“There's a big difference between knowing the name of something and knowing something.”

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The fact that you are not sure means that it is possible that there is another way someday.

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You can always recognize truth by its beauty and simplicity.

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Mathematics is not just a language. Mathematics is a language plus reasoning.

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I was a very shy character, always feeling uncomfortable because everybody was stronger than I, and always afraid I would look like a sissy.…

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