“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
The meaning of it all (Primary source)
Three provocative 1963 lectures exploring science’s relationship to religion, politics, and society, wherein Feynman champions skepticism and intellectual honesty as essential virtues beyond the laboratory, published posthumously in 1998.
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“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 if you do something—not only necessary, but fun. Only you must be willing to stick your neck out.”
Richard Feynman
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