by Salman Hameed
Absolutely fantastic! Scientists have to learn to be comfortable with uncertainty. It is okay to say "we don't know". Similarly, doubt plays a crucial role in science. Feynman is careful in saying that this is what he thinks - and that you may agree or disagree with him. But he is comfortable with this level of uncertainty and with whatever way the universe turns out to be.
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Absolutely fantastic! Scientists have to learn to be comfortable with uncertainty. It is okay to say "we don't know". Similarly, doubt plays a crucial role in science. Feynman is careful in saying that this is what he thinks - and that you may agree or disagree with him. But he is comfortable with this level of uncertainty and with whatever way the universe turns out to be.
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Thanks for that clip, Salman. Agreed...it was fantastic! Wish more people had that attitude of “let’s approach the universe without assuming we know what the answers already are.”
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