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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“For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for nature cannot be fooled.”
— Richard Feynman Primary source“The prize is the pleasure of finding the thing out.”
— Richard Feynman Primary source“I think that to keep trying new solutions is the way to do everything.”
— Richard Feynman Primary source“Looking back at the worst times, it always seems that they were times in which there were people who believed with absolute faith and absolute dogmatism in something.”
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“Never leave till tomorrow what you can do today.”
— Benjamin Franklin Primary source“The real value of tests is not that they detect bugs in the code, but that they detect inadequacies in the methods, concentration, and skills of those who design and produce the code.”
— Tony Hoare Primary source“Have you something to do tomorrow; do it today.”
— Benjamin Franklin Primary source“When the wine enters, out goes the truth.”
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