"When asked what he meant by a miracle:……" — Enrico Fermi
"When asked what he meant by a miracle: Oh, anything with a probability of less than 20%."
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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 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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Some people stick with the traditional, feeling struck by the epic beauty or blown away by the insane scale of…
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