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I believe that a scientist looking at nonscientific problems is just as dumb as the next guy — and when he talks about a nonscientific matter, he will sound as naive as anyone untrained in the matter.

— Richard Feynman The Value of Science (1955)

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I don't know anything, but I do know that everything is interesting if you go into it deeply enough.

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The first principle is that you must not fool yourself — and you are the easiest person to fool.

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Hell, if I could explain it to the average person, it wouldn't have been worth the Nobel prize.

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