Richard P. Feynman Quotes about Progress

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We absolutely must leave room for doubt or there is no progress and no learning. There is no learning without having to pose a question. And a question requires doubt. People search for certainty. But there is no

We absolutely must leave room for doubt or there is no progress and no learning. There is no learning without having to pose a question. And a question requires doubt. People search for certainty. But there is no certainty.

Richard P. Feynman

People, Doubt, Progress

"The Pleasure of Finding Things Out". Book by Richard P. Feynman, 1999.

Progress in science comes when experiments contradict theory.

Richard P. Feynman

Science, Progress, Theory

We are trying to prove ourselves wrong as quickly as possible, because only in that way can we find progress.

Richard P. Feynman

Science, Progress, Trying

Richard P. Feynman (2015). “The Quotable Feynman”, p.130, Princeton University Press

A scientist is never certain. ... We absolutely must leave room for doubt or there is no progress and there is no learning.

Richard P. Feynman

Doubt, Progress, Rooms

It is the facts that matter, not the proofs. Physics can progress without the proofs, but we can't go on without the facts ... if the facts are right, then the proofs are a matter of playing around with the algebra correctly.

Richard P. Feynman

Science, Progress, Goes On