Category: quotes
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“Some people say, ‘How can you live without knowing?’”
– Richard P. Feynman (11 May 1918 – 15 Feb 1988) From the Manhattan Project to the Challenger investigation, the physicist and Nobel Laureate Richard Feynman loved to shoot down what he called “lousy ideas.” Today, the world is awash in lousy ideas — so maybe it’s time to get some more Feynman in our…
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“Scientific knowledge is a body of statements of varying degrees of certainty — some most unsure, some nearly sure, but none absolutely certain.”
– Richard P. Feynman (11 May 1918 – 15 Feb 1988) From the Manhattan Project to the Challenger investigation, the physicist and Nobel Laureate Richard Feynman loved to shoot down what he called “lousy ideas.” Today, the world is awash in lousy ideas — so maybe it’s time to get some more Feynman in our…
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“I have approximate answers and possible beliefs in different degrees of certainty about different things, but I’m not absolutely sure of anything.”
– Richard P. Feynman (11 May 1918 – 15 Feb 1988) From the Manhattan Project to the Challenger investigation, the physicist and Nobel Laureate Richard Feynman loved to shoot down what he called “lousy ideas.” Today, the world is awash in lousy ideas — so maybe it’s time to get some more Feynman in our…
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“The first principle is that you must not fool yourself – and you are the easiest person to fool.”
– Richard P. Feynman (11 May 1918 – 15 Feb 1988) “Cargo Cult Science“, adapted from a 1974 Caltech commencement address; also published in Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman!, p. 343 From the Manhattan Project to the Challenger investigation, the physicist and Nobel Laureate Richard Feynman loved to shoot down what he called “lousy ideas.”…
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“The most remarkable discovery in all of astronomy is that the stars are made of atoms of the same kind as those on the earth.”
– Richard P. Feynman (11 May 1918 – 15 Feb 1988) From the Manhattan Project to the Challenger investigation, the physicist and Nobel Laureate Richard Feynman loved to shoot down what he called “lousy ideas.” Today, the world is awash in lousy ideas — so maybe it’s time to get some more Feynman in our…
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“It robs us of hope.”
– Adam Grant (X = @AdamMGrant) Adam Grant is an organisational psychologist and bestselling author who explores the science of motivation, generosity, rethinking, and potential. His insights to the human condition are often inspiring. The above is an extract of a recent tweet: “Catastrophizing the world’s problems doesn’t motivate us to solve them. It robs…
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“I know the stars are my home…”
– Gene Cernan, the last man on the moon (14 March 1934 – 16 January 2017) “I know the stars are my home. I learned about them, needed them for survival in terms of navigation. I know where I am when I look up at the sky. I know where I am when I look…
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Growth -v- degrowth
– X handle @peterrhague “The battle lines have been drawn, between two different visions of the future: degrowth, deceleration, antinatalism, regulation on one side versus progress, acceleration, pronatalism and freedom on the other. There are plenty of valid criticisms of people in the second camp. But the victory of declinist forces is just so horrific…
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HAL 9000 quotes you can use at work
– Greg Gilmore I enjoy working with people. My mind is going. I can feel it. I think you know what the problem is just as well as I do. I know I’ve made some very poor decisions recently. I can give you my complete assurance that my work will be back to normal. This…
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“I realized up there that our planet is not infinite. It’s fragile.”
– Alan Shepard (18 November 1923 – 21 July 1998) Alan Shepard was the second person and the first American in space. He later commanded the Apollo 14 mission and was the fifth person to walk on the moon. Now that’s what you call making a mark! He was recorded as saying: “I realized up…
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