“The prize is the pleasure of finding the thing out.”
Richard Feynman (verified)
Horizon: The Pleasure of Finding Things Out (Primary source)
A candid 1981 BBC interview where Richard Feynman reflects on curiosity, discovery, honors, scientific thinking, and the deep personal joy he finds in understanding how the world works.
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“I don’t see that it makes any point that someone in the Swedish Academy decides that this work is noble enough to receive a prize. I’ve already got the prize. The prize is the pleasure of finding the thing out, the kick in the discovery, the observation that other people use it. Those are the real things.”
Richard Feynman (verified)
“For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for nature cannot be fooled.”
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— Charlie Munger (verified)“If you have time don’t wait for time.”
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