Answers Quote by Richard P. Feynman

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,…

— Richard P. Feynman

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

— Richard P. Feynman

I think that when we know that we actually do live in uncertainty, then we ought to admit it; it is of great value…

— Richard P. Feynman

Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge: it is those who know little, and not those who know much, who so positively assert…

— Charles Darwin

The very foundation of science is to keep the door open to doubt. Precisely because we keep questioning everything, especially our own premises, we…

— Carlo Rovelli

There is something about the mindset of a scientist that is different - an awareness of uncertainty, modeling, proof.

— Joseph Stiglitz

The scientist … must always be prepared to deal with the unknown. It is an essential part of science that you should be able…

— Hermann Bondi

A scientist is never certain. ... We absolutely must leave room for doubt or there is no progress and there is no learning.

— Richard P. Feynman

“ignorance is the natural state of mind for a research scientist. People who believe they are ignorant of nothing have neither looked for, nor…

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

Some people, both scientists and religious people, deal with uncertainty by being certain. That is dangerous in the fundamentalists and it is dangerous in…

— Robert Winston

“In other words, scientists don't concentrate on what they know, which is considerable but also miniscule, but rather on what they don't know. The…

— Stuart Firestein

To be a scientist you have to be willing to live with uncertainty for a long time. Research scientists begin with a question and…

— Hanya Yanagihara