You see, one thing is, I can live with doubt and uncertainty and not k…

Richard P. Feynman
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You see, one thing is, I can live with doubt and uncertainty and not knowing. I have approximate answers and possible beliefs and different degrees of certainty about different things... It doesn't frighten me.
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If I could explain it to the average person, I wouldn't have been worth the Nobel Prize. ✨ Richard P. Feynman (2015). The Quotable Feynman, p.342, Princeton University Press

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