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. People are terrified — how can you live and not know? It is not odd at all. You only think you know, as a matter of fact. And most of your actions are based on incomplete knowledge and you really don't know what it is all about, or what the purpose of the world is, or know a great deal of other things. It is possible to live and not know.


from lecture "What is and What Should be the Role of Scientific Culture in Modern Society", given at the Galileo Symposium in Italy (1964) - The Pleasure of Finding Things Out (1999)

Richard Feynman Quotes

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...

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...

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...

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...