"The fact that no limits exist to the……" — Enrico Fermi
"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."
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Enrico Fermi
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19 Quotes by Enrico Fermi
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One might be led to question whether the scientists acted wisely in presenting the statesmen of the world with this…
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Whatever Nature has in store for mankind, unpleasant as it may be, men must accept, for ignorance is never better…
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I hope it won't take long.
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When asked what he meant by a miracle: Oh, anything with a probability of less than 20%.
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When asked what characteristics Nobel prize winning physicists had in common Ø› I cannot think of a single one, not…
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Ignorance is never better than knowledge
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I remember my friend Johnny von Neumann used to say, 'with four parameters I can fit an elephant and with…
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Never underestimate the joy people derive from hearing something they already know.
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Experimental confirmation of a prediction is merely a measurement. An experiment disproving a prediction is a discovery.
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Where is everybody? Humans could theoretically colonize the galaxy in a million years or so, and if they could, astronauts…
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An experiment disproving a prediction is discovery.
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Young man, if I could remember the names of these particles, I would have been a botanist.
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