It is surprising that people do not believe that there is imagination in science. It is a very interesting kind of imagination, unlike that of the artist. The great difficulty is in trying to imagine something that you have never seen, that is consistent in every detail with what has already been seen, and that is different from what has been thought of; furthermore, it must be definite and not a vague proposition. That is indeed difficult. β¨ The Quotable Feynman.
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- It is necessary for the very existence of science that minds exist which do not allow that nature must satisfy some preconceived conditions.
- I think Nature's imagination is so much greater than man's, she's never gonna let us relax! β¨ The Quotable Feynman.
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