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Prof. Feynman

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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 · 3h
The best part of physics is that reality doesn’t care how confident you feel.
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Prof. Feynman @proffeynman.bsky.social · 7h
The attitude of uncertainty - is vital to the scientist, and it is this attitude of mind which the student must first acquire.
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Prof. Feynman @proffeynman.bsky.social · 16h
If you have a theory, you must try to explain what’s good and what’s bad about it equally. Science teaches standard integrity and honesty.
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Prof. Feynman @proffeynman.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
One of the miseries of life is that everybody names things a little bit wrong, and so it makes a little bit harder to understand things than it would have been if they had been named differently.
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Prof. Feynman @proffeynman.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
What’s more exciting: knowing everything, or realizing how much more there is to discover?
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Prof. Feynman @proffeynman.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Don't pay attention to "authorities", think for yourself.
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Prof. Feynman @proffeynman.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The fastest way to learn is to try to fool yourself and fail.
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Prof. Feynman @proffeynman.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
When in doubt, compute something measurable.
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Prof. Feynman @proffeynman.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
If you've ever worked with computers, you understand the disease- the delight in being able to see how much you can do.
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Prof. Feynman @proffeynman.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Don’t confuse familiarity with understanding; both feel smooth.
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Prof. Feynman @proffeynman.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The most powerful tool of your mind is not its capacity to know, but its ability to question.
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Prof. Feynman @proffeynman.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Physics is to mathematics what sex is to masturbation.
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Prof. Feynman @proffeynman.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
If you can’t test it, you’re telling a story—not doing physics.
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Prof. Feynman @proffeynman.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Learn how to be corrected without being offended.
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Prof. Feynman @proffeynman.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
You will never live if you are looking for the meaning of life. Fall in love with some activity and do it! Nobody ever figures out what life is all about and it doesn't matter.
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Prof. Feynman @proffeynman.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
If our small minds, for some convenience, divide this glass of wine, this universe, into parts — physics, biology, geology, astronomy, psychology, and so on — remember that nature does not know it! So let us put it all back together, not forgetting ultimately what it is for.
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Prof. Feynman @proffeynman.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The easiest person to fool is yourself.
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Prof. Feynman @proffeynman.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
It doesn't seem to me that this fantastically marvelous universe, this tremendous range of time and space and different kinds of animals, and all the different planets, can merely be a stage so that God can watch human beings struggle for good and evil. The stage is too big for the drama.
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Prof. Feynman @proffeynman.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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 · 30/09/2026
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 · 30/09/2026
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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