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science opportunity thinking
I can live with doubt and uncertainty and not knowing. I think it is much more interesting to live not knowing than to have answers that might be wrong. If we will only allow that, as we progress, we remain unsure, we will leave opportunities for alternatives. We will not become enthusiastic for the fact, the knowledge, the absolute truth of the day, but remain always uncertain … In order to make progress, one must leave the door to the unknown ajar. Richard P. Feynman
science measurement momentum
Unless a thing can be defined by measurement, it has no place in a theory. And since an accurate value of the momentum of a localized particle cannot be defined by measurement it therefore has no place in the theory. Richard P. Feynman
science play theoretical-physics
It is odd, but on the infrequent occasions when I have been called upon in a formal place to play the bongo drums, the introducer never seems to find it necessary to mention that I also do theoretical physics. Richard P. Feynman
science thinking doubt
Science is a way to teach how something gets to be known, what is not known, to what extent things are known (for nothing is known absolutely), how to handle doubt and uncertainty, what the rules of evidence are, how to think about things so that judgments can be made, how to distinguish truth from fraud, and from show. Richard P. Feynman
science tourists philosopher
Scientists are explorers. Philosophers are tourists. Richard P. Feynman
science reflection desire
The difficulty really is psychological and exists in the perpetual torment that results from your saying to yourself, "But how can it be like that?" which is a reflection of uncontrolled but utterly vain desire to see it in terms of something familiar. ... If you will simply admit that maybe [Nature] does behave like this, you will find her a delightful, entrancing thing. Do not keep saying to yourself, if you can possible avoid it, "But how can it be like that?" because you will get 'down the drain', into a blind alley from which nobody has escaped. Nobody knows how it can be like that. Richard P. Feynman
science errors certain
If you thought that science was certain - well, that is just an error on your part. Richard P. Feynman
science camels world
Cheetah genes cooperate with cheetah genes but not with camel genes, and vice versa. This is not because cheetah genes, even in the most poetic sense, see any virtue in the preservation of the cheetah species. They are not working to save the cheetah from extinction like some molecular World Wildlife Fund. Richard Dawkins
science curiosity fields
To teach one who has no curiosity to learn, is to sow a field without ploughing it. Richard Whately
method object patrol responsibility trouble
The object of the patrol method is not so much having the Scoutmaster trouble as to give responsibility to the boy. M. Powell
methodical people
No, I never thought about my image. It interests me that there are people who do, that they seem to be methodical about it. Alan Alda
method
It is better to have a bad method than to have none. Charles de Gaulle
method holmes observation
You know my method. It is founded upon the observation of trifles. Arthur Conan Doyle
method
Antimatter is not a source of energy for us, it's a method of storing energy, compact but inefficient. Barney Oliver
method results ifs
You can't hold someone accountable for results if you supervise their methods. Stephen Covey
method magnitude estimation
The method of magnitude estimation provided a direct measure of sensation. Stanley Smith Stevens
method avoiding offers
Constructive change offers the best method for avoiding destructive change. Theodore Roosevelt
method concentration parts-of-life
Concentration is a part of life. It is not the consequence of a method of education. Maria Montessori