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b9c652f Philosophy of science is about as useful to scientists as ornithology is to birds. science humor inspirational philosophy-of-science Richard Feynman
1960366 I noticed that the [drawing] teacher didn't tell people much... Instead, he tried to inspire us to experiment with new approaches. I thought of how we teach physics: We have so many techniques - so many mathematical methods - that we never stop telling the students how to do things. On the other hand, the drawing teacher is afraid to tell you anything. If your lines are very heavy, the teacher can't say, "Your lines are too heavy." because .. richard-feynman teaching physics Richard Feynman
ec81ef8 The only way to have real success in science, the field I'm familiar with, is to describe the evidence very carefully without regard to the way you feel it should be. If you have a theory, you must try to explain what's good and what's bad about it equally. In science, you learn a kind of standard integrity and honesty. Richard Feynman
5ea20f5 What looks still to our crude eyes is a wild and dynamic dance. Richard Feynman
3259662 I think, however, that there isn't any solution to this problem of education other than to realize that the best teaching can be done only when there is a direct individual relationship between a student and a good teacher --- a situation in which the student discusses the ideas, thinks about the things, and talks about the things. educational-quotes Richard Feynman
5207020 I was born not knowing and have only had a little time to change that here and there. Richard Feynman
2f5f0b8 it is our capacity to doubt that will determine the future of civilization. Richard Feynman
218e2ab It was such a shock to me to see that a committee of men could present a whole lot of ideas, each one thinking of a new facet, while remembering what the other fella said, so that, at the end, the decision is made as to which idea was the best--summing it all up--without having to say it three times. These were very great men indeed. Richard Feynman
7901dd6 But that was my big moment: I gave a seminar in the biology department at Harvard! I always do that, get into something and see how far I can go. I Richard Feynman
61cd893 Take this neat little equation here. It tells me all the ways an electron can make itself comfortable in or around an atom. That's the logic of it. The poetry of it is that the equation tells me how shiny gold is, how come rocks are hard, what makes grass green, and why you can't see the wind. And a million other things besides, about the way nature works. nature feynman fine-structure-constant mathematics physics Richard Feynman
e833ab3 They were very upset when I said that the thing of greatest importance to mathematics in Europe was the discovery by Tartaglia that you can solve a cubic equation-which, altho it is very little used, must have been psychologically wonderful because it showed a modern man could do something no ancient Greek could do, and therefore helped in the renaissance which was the freeing of man from the intimidation of the ancients-what they are learn.. Richard Feynman
fcbbc71 The first is the matter of judging evidence-well, the first thing really is, before you begin you must not know the answer. So you begin by being uncertain as to what the answer is. This is very, very important, so important that I would like to delay that aspect, and talk about that still further along in my speech. The question of doubt and uncertainty is what is necessary to begin; for if you already know the answer there is no need to g.. Richard Feynman
8b4829d There are very remarkable mysteries about the fact that we're able to do so many more things than apparently animals can do, and other questions like that, but those are mysteries I want to investigate without knowing the answer to them, and so altogether I can't believe theses special stories that have been made up about our relationship to the universe at large because they seem to be too simple, too connected, too local, too provincial. Richard Feynman
56ef033 Now we have found that this is of paramount importance in order to progress. We absolutely must leave room for doubt or there is no progress and there is 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. People Richard Feynman
36c37dd My businessman friend Dudley Wright saw the drawing and I told him the story about it. He said, "You oughta triple its price. With art, nobody is really sure of its value, so people often think, 'If the price is higher, it must be more valuable!'" I said, "You're crazy!" but, just for fun, I bought a twenty-dollar frame and mounted the drawing so it would be ready for the next customer. Some guy from the weather forecasting business saw the.. Richard Feynman
7d7f49d You say you are a nameless man. You are not to your wife and to your child. You will not long remain so to your immediate colleagues if you can answer their simple questions when they come into your office. You are not nameless to me. Do not remain nameless to yourself-it is too sad a way to be. Know your place in the world and evaluate yourself fairly, not in terms of the naive ideals of your own youth, nor in terms of what you erroneously.. Richard Feynman
f53a2c4 You just have to know what the right laws are under the right circumstances, and design the device with the correct laws. You cannot expect old designs to work in new circumstances. But new designs can work in new circumstances... Richard Feynman
372e300 did learn a lesson: The female mind is capable Richard Feynman
2de3dcb therefore, did learn a lesson: The female mind is capable of understanding analytic geometry. Those people who have for years been insisting (in the face of all obvious evidence to the contrary) that the male and female are equal and capable of rational thought may have something. The difficulty may just be that we have never yet discovered a way to communicate with the female mind. If it is done in the right way, you may be able to get som.. Richard Feynman
869e497 PrinciplesAll mass is interaction. Richard Feynman
92acd0b I had too much stuff. My machines came from too far away. Richard Feynman
82cfcfe Hell, if I could explain it to the average person, it wouldn't have been worth the Nobel prize. Richard Feynman
533d11c A very great deal more truth can become known than can be proven. Richard Feynman
f35ed46 Do not read so much, look about you and think of what you see there. Richard Feynman
a317036 Energy is a very subtle concept. It is very, very difficult to get right. Richard Feynman
700a63d I'd hate to die twice. It's so boring. Richard Feynman
b752cde This dying is boring. Richard Feynman
1fe2e53 Physics is to mathematics what sex is to masturbation. Richard Feynman
7016fef The imagination of nature is far, far greater than the imagination of man. Richard Feynman
0d017fc So far as we know, all the fundamental laws of physics, like Newton's equations, are reversible. Richard Feynman
794cd81 The same equations have the same solutions Richard Feynman
92c6585 I hope ... that you will find someday that, after all, it isn't as horrible as it looks. Richard Feynman
631829e Nature's imagination far surpasses our own. Richard Feynman
888afd7 You can recognize truth by its beauty and simplicity. Richard Feynman
492ffbf And this is medicine? Richard Feynman
433a5f8 I have to understand the world, you see. Richard Feynman
cb5de8e Jiry, don't worry about anything. Go out and have a good time. Richard Feynman
022741b The fact that you are not sure means that it is possible that there is another way someday. Richard Feynman
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