Feynman on doubt & uncertainty - BBC Horizon

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Excerpt from Feynman's candid interview with BBC Horizon in 1981.

"You see, one thing is, I can live with doubt, and uncertainty, and not knowing. I think its much more interesting to live not knowing than to have answers which might be wrong. I have approximate answers and possible beliefs and different degrees of certainty about different things. But Im not absolutely sure of anything, and there are many things I dont know anything about, such as whether it means anything to ask why were here, and what the question might mean. I might think about it a little bit; if I cant figure it out, then I go onto something else. But I dont have to know an answer. I dont feel frightened by not knowing things, by being lost in the mysterious universe without having any purpose, which is the way it really is, as far as I can tell — possibly. It doesnt frighten me."

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  • Feynman is incredible. I'm reading one of his books now and he's a neat guy.

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