Poets say science takes away from the beauty of the stars - mere globs of gas atoms. I, too, can see the stars on a desert night, and feel them. But do I see less or more?
Richard P. FeynmanIf an apple was magnified to the size of the Earth, then the atoms in the apple would be approximately the size of the original apple.
Richard P. FeynmanIf a guy tells me the probability of failure is 1 in 100,000, I know he's full of crap.
Richard P. FeynmanThe game I play is a very interesting one. It's imagination in a straightjacket, which is this: that it has to agree with the known laws of physics. ... It requires imagination to think of what's possible, and then it requires an analysis back, checking to see whether it fits, whether its allowed, according to what's known, okay?
Richard P. Feynman