“The paradox is only a conflict between reality and your feeling of what reality ought to be.”
Richard Feynman
The Feynman Lectures on Physics (Primary source)
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“The prize is the pleasure of finding the thing out.”
— Richard Feynman Primary source“Knowledge is of no real value if all you can tell me is what happened yesterday. It is necessary to tell what will happen tomorrow.”
— Richard Feynman Primary source“I think that to keep trying new solutions is the way to do everything.”
— Richard Feynman Primary source“For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for nature cannot be fooled.”
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“You can ignore reality, but you can’t ignore the consequences of ignoring reality.”
— Ayn Rand Disputed“There is no little enemy.”
— Benjamin Franklin Primary source“It is important to make a dream of life and a dream reality.”
— Marie Curie Disputed“Do not do that which you would not have known.”
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