Richard P. Feynman Philosophical Quotes

Physicist

Philosophical

“One cannot understand... the universality of laws of nature, the relationship of things, without an understanding of mathematics. There is no other way to do it.”

Way Law Understanding

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Richard P. Feynman

Physicist

Philosophical

“Strange! I don't understand how it is that we can write mathematical expressions and calculate what the thing is going to do without being able to picture it.”

Writing Able Expression

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Philosophical

“You know how it always is, every new idea, it takes a generation or two until it becomes obvious that there's no real problem. It has not yet become obvious to me that there's no real problem. I cannot define the real problem, therefore I suspect there's no real problem, but I'm not sure there's no real problem.”

Real Ideas Two

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Philosophical

“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.”

Deals Philosopher Naive

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Philosophical

“I have argued flying saucers with lots of people. I was interested in possible. They do not appreciate that the problem is not to demonstrate whether it's possible or not but whether it's going on or not.”

People Appreciate Flying

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Philosophical

“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, he is uncertain. And when he is pretty darn sure of what the result is going to be, he is in some doubt.”

Doubt Answers Ignorant

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Philosophical

“When the problem [quantum chromodynamics] is finally solved, it will all be by imagination. Then there will be some big thing about the great way it was done. But it's simple -it will all be by imagination, and persistence.”

Simple Learning Persistence

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Philosophical

“Scientific knowledge is an enabling power to do either good or bad — but it does not carry instructions on how to use it.”

Doe Use Enabling

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Philosophical

“When a photon comes down, it interacts with electrons throughout the glass, not just on the surface. The photon and electrons do some kind of dance, the net result of which is the same as if the photon hit only on the surface.”

Kind Glasses Results

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Philosophical

“If we will only allow that, as we progress, we remain unsure, we will leave opportunities for alternatives.”

Opportunity Science Progress

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Philosophical

“Scientific views end in awe and mystery, lost at the edge in uncertainty, but they appear to be so deep and so impressive that the theory that it is all arranged as a stage for God to watch man's struggle for good and evil seems inadequate.”

Men Struggle Fear

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Philosophical

“The idea is to try to give all the information to help others to judge the value of your contribution; not just the information that leads to judgment in one particular direction or another.”

Giving Ideas Helping Others

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Richard P. Feynman — Philosophical Quotes

Richard P. Feynman Quotes