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Richard P. Feynman Quotes

Richard P. Feynman quotes about science

American Physicist May 11, 1918 – February 15, 1988

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Richard P. Feynman quote: "Tell your son to stop trying to fill your head with science?..."
Tell your son to stop trying to fill your head with science? for to fill your heart with love is enough. Richard P. Feynman
In general, we look for a new law by the following process: First we guess it; then we compute the consequences of the guess to see what would be implied if this law that we guessed is right; then we compare the result of the computation to nature, with experiment or experience, compare it directly with observation, to see if it works. If it disagrees with experiment, it is wrong. In that simple statement is the key to science. It does not make any difference how beautiful your guess is, it... Richard P. Feynman
Poets say science takes away from the beauty of the stars - mere globs of gas atoms. I, too, can see the stars on a desert night, and feel them. But do I see less or more? Richard P. Feynman
If you thought you were trying to find out more about it because you're gonna get an answer to some deep philosophical question...you may be wrong! It may be that you can't get an answer to that particular question by finding out more about the character of nature. But my interest in science is to simply find out about the world. Richard P. Feynman
It is surprising that people do not believe that there is imagination in science. It is a very interesting kind of imagination, unlike that of the artist. The great difficulty is in trying to imagine something that you have never seen, that is consistent in every detail with what has already been seen, and that is different from what has been thought of; furthermore, it must be definite and not a vague proposition. That is indeed difficult. Richard P. Feynman
Philosophers say a great deal about what is absolutely necessary for science, and it is always, so far as one can see, rather naive, and probably wrong. Richard P. Feynman
Richard P. Feynman quote: "Science is what we have learned about how to keep from fooling..."
Science is what we have learned about how to keep from fooling ourselves. Richard P. Feynman
Richard P. Feynman quote: "Philosophy of science is about as useful to scientists as..."
Philosophy of science is about as useful to scientists as ornithology is to birds. Richard P. Feynman
Richard P. Feynman quote: "If you thought that science was certain - well, that is just..."
If you thought that science was certain - well, that is just an error on your part. Richard P. Feynman
Science is a way of trying not to fool yourself. The principle is that you must not fool yourself, and you are the easiest person to fool. Richard P. Feynman
A philosopher once said, "It is necessary for the very existence of science that the same conditions always produce the same results." Well, they don't! Richard P. Feynman
Richard P. Feynman quote: "Science is the belief in the ignorance of experts."
Science is the belief in the ignorance of experts. Richard P. Feynman
Richard P. Feynman quote: "Science is like sex: sometimes something useful comes out, but..."
Science is like sex: sometimes something useful comes out, but that is not the reason we are doing it. Richard P. Feynman
Richard P. Feynman quote: "To every man is given the key to the gates of heaven. The same..."
To every man is given the key to the gates of heaven. The same key opens the gates of hell. And so it is with science. Richard P. Feynman

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