I can live with doubt and uncertainty and not knowing. I think it is much more interesting to live not knowing than to have answers that might be wrong. If we will only allow that, as we progress, we remain unsure, we will leave opportunities for alternatives. We will not become enthusiastic for the fact, the knowledge, the absolute truth of the day, but remain always uncertain β¦ In order to make progress, one must leave the door to the unknown ajar.
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- For those who want some proof that physicists are human, the proof is in the idiocy of all the different units which they use for measuring energy. β¨ Richard P. Feynman (2015). The Quotable Feynman, β¦ βΆ
- Some people say, How can you live without knowing? I do not know what they mean. I always live without knowing. That is easy. How you get to know is what I want to know. β¨ Richard P. Feynman (2015). β¦ βΆ
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