The meaning of it all

Richard Feynman, The Meaning of it all

• To Everyman is given the key to the gates of heaven. The same key opens the gates of hell.

• The laws of science are guessed laws. Good till proven wrong by more precise experiments.  The scientific mind tries to prove himself wrong as quickly as possible.

• It is better to say something and not be sure than not to say anything at all.

• Freedom to doubt is important in sciences and in other fields.  Admitting that we do not know and maintaining perpetually the attitude that we do not know the direction necessarily to go permit a possibility of alteration, of thinking, of new contributions and new discoveries for the problem of developing a way to do what we want ultimately, even when we do not know what we want.

• There is a tendency to use what can be measured as a criterion

• Reporting should be done properly to reflect the subject, as explained by the person being interviewed.