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Prof. Feynman

@proffeynman.bsky.social
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A universe of atoms, an atom in the universe. Tribute to the great explainer Prof. Feynman. Posts about Science and Wisdom.

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Prof. Feynman @proffeynman.bsky.social · 8h
Make critical thinking a foundational subject in education. Teach students how to think critically, analyze information, and discern fact from fiction using scientific methods, creating a more discerning and informed society.
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Prof. Feynman @proffeynman.bsky.social · 14h
Be humble. Be teachable. The universe is bigger than your view of the universe. There's always room for a new idea.
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Prof. Feynman @proffeynman.bsky.social · 17h
Do more math.
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Prof. Feynman @proffeynman.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Imagine how much harder physics would be if electrons had feelings.
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Prof. Feynman @proffeynman.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
We often overlook the beauty of simplicity. Some of the most profound insights are found in the elegant and uncomplicated.
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Prof. Feynman @proffeynman.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
When your result looks “too perfect,” that’s when you should worry most.
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Prof. Feynman @proffeynman.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
You keep on learning and learning, and pretty soon you learn something no one has learned before.
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Prof. Feynman @proffeynman.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
There are two rules in life: 1) Never give out all the information.
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Prof. Feynman @proffeynman.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
We've learned from experience that the truth will out. Other experimenters will repeat your experiment and find out whether you were wrong or right. Nature's phenomena will agree or they'll disagree with your theory.
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Prof. Feynman @proffeynman.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
You’re not learning if you’re not confused half the time.
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Prof. Feynman @proffeynman.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
People are always looking for the secret to the universe. The secret is there is no secret; it's all just a fascinating, complicated mess.
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Prof. Feynman @proffeynman.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
If you thought that science was certain - well, that is just an error on your part.
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Prof. Feynman @proffeynman.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Be a free thinker and don't accept everything you hear as truth. Be critical and evaluate what you believe in. -- Aristotle (384 - 322 BC)
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Prof. Feynman @proffeynman.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The first rule of learning is to admit you don’t know. The second rule is to never stop asking why.
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Prof. Feynman @proffeynman.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Those who cannot think for themselves are truly lost.
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Prof. Feynman @proffeynman.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Question every assumption you make.
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Prof. Feynman @proffeynman.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
It requires a much higher degree of imagination to understand the electromagnetic field than to understand invisible angels.
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Prof. Feynman @proffeynman.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The only way to deep happiness is to do something you love to the best of your ability.
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Prof. Feynman @proffeynman.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Nature’s imagination is so much greater than man’s.
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Prof. Feynman @proffeynman.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
There is no harm in doubt and skepticism, for it is through these that new discoveries are made.
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Prof. Feynman @proffeynman.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
One of the biggest and most important tools of theoretical physics is the wastebasket.
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Prof. Feynman @proffeynman.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
If you think you can, you may. If you think you can't, you're right.
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Prof. Feynman @proffeynman.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Teaching a powerful tool for learning.
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Prof. Feynman @proffeynman.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Learning is like peeling an onion— each layer reveals another layer, and occasionally, it makes you cry.
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Prof. Feynman @proffeynman.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Nature is quantum mechanical.
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Prof. Feynman @proffeynman.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Simplicity isn't the lack of complexity; it's the clarity of understanding.
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Prof. Feynman @proffeynman.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The joy of finding things out is the greatest pleasure in science.
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Prof. Feynman @proffeynman.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
If everyone agrees too quickly, somebody forgot to think.
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Prof. Feynman @proffeynman.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Curiosity is more useful than confidence.
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Prof. Feynman @proffeynman.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The best way to test an idea is to try to break it.
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Prof. Feynman @proffeynman.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
For a successful technology, realitymust take precedence over public relations, for nature cannot be fooled.
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Prof. Feynman @proffeynman.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Religion is a culture of faith; science is a culture of doubt.
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Prof. Feynman @proffeynman.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Imagine that the gods are playing some great game and you don't know the rules of the game, but you're allowed to look at the board, at least from time to time.
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Prof. Feynman @proffeynman.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
I’m not responsible for what other people think I am able to do. I don’t have to be good because they think I’m going to be good.
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Prof. Feynman @proffeynman.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Don’t just look for patterns; look for the reasons why the patterns are broken.
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Prof. Feynman @proffeynman.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
The test of all knowledge is experiment.
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Prof. Feynman @proffeynman.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
On the infrequent occasions when I have been called upon in a formal place to play the bongo drums, the introducer never seems to find it necessary to mention that I also do theoretical physics.
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Prof. Feynman @proffeynman.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I couldn’t see how anyone could be educated by this self-propagating system in which people pass exams, and teach others to pass exams, but nobody knows anything.
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Prof. Feynman @proffeynman.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
And therefore when we go to investigate we shouldn't pre-decide what it is we are trying to do except to find out more about it... My interest in science is to simply find out more about the world.
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Prof. Feynman @proffeynman.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
The purpose of education is to inspire the desire for learning in students and make them able to think, understand, and question.
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Prof. Feynman @proffeynman.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
It is what we think we know already that often prevents us from learning.
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Prof. Feynman @proffeynman.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
I was born not knowing and have had only a little time to change that here and there.
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Prof. Feynman @proffeynman.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
We are lucky to live in an age in which we are still making discoveries.
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Prof. Feynman @proffeynman.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Life is too short to worry about little things. Have fun. Fall in love. Regret nothing, and don't let people bring you down. Study, think, create, and grow. Teach yourself and teach others.
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Prof. Feynman @proffeynman.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
In physics, as in life, the path of least resistance is often the least interesting.
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Prof. Feynman @proffeynman.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
This value of science remains unsung by singers, you are reduced to hearing not a song or poem, but an evening lecture about it. This is not yet a scientific age.
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Prof. Feynman @proffeynman.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
You're under no obligation to remain the same person you were a year ago, a month ago, or even a day ago. You are here to create yourself, continuously.
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Prof. Feynman @proffeynman.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Being wrong is fine; being comfortably wrong is where trouble begins.
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Prof. Feynman @proffeynman.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
In its efforts to learn as much as possible about nature, modern physics has found that certain things can never be “known” with certainty. Much of our knowledge must always remain uncertain. The most we can know is in terms of probabilities.
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Prof. Feynman @proffeynman.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Observation, reason, and experiment make up what we call the scientific method.
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