I remember my friend Johnny von Neumann used to say, 'with four parameters I can fit an elephant and with five I can make him wiggle his trunk.'
One might be led to question whether the scientists acted wisely in presenting the statesmen of the world with this appalling problem. Actually there… - Enrico Fermi
One might be led to question whether the scientists acted wisely in presenting the statesmen of the world with this appalling problem. Actually there…
- Enrico Fermi
There are two possible outcomes: if the result confirms the hypothesis, then you've made a measurement. If the result is contrary to the hypothesis, … - Enrico Fermi
There are two possible outcomes: if the result confirms the hypothesis, then you've made a measurement. If the result is contrary to the hypothesis, …
Experimental confirmation of a prediction is merely a measurement. An experiment disproving a prediction is a discovery. - Enrico Fermi
Experimental confirmation of a prediction is merely a measurement. An experiment disproving a prediction is a discovery.
Some people stick with the traditional, feeling struck by the epic beauty or blown away by the insane scale of the universe. Personally, I go for the… - Enrico Fermi
Some people stick with the traditional, feeling struck by the epic beauty or blown away by the insane scale of the universe. Personally, I go for the…
Where is everybody? Humans could theoretically colonize the galaxy in a million years or so, and if they could, astronauts from older civilizations c… - Enrico Fermi
Where is everybody? Humans could theoretically colonize the galaxy in a million years or so, and if they could, astronauts from older civilizations c…
Whatever Nature has in store for mankind, unpleasant as it may be, men must accept, for ignorance is never better than knowledge. - Enrico Fermi
Whatever Nature has in store for mankind, unpleasant as it may be, men must accept, for ignorance is never better than knowledge.
I remember my friend Johnny von Neumann used to say, 'with four parameters I can fit an elephant and with five I can make him wiggle his trunk.' - Enrico Fermi
It is not good to try to stop knowledge from going forward. Ignorance is never better than knowledge. - Enrico Fermi
It is not good to try to stop knowledge from going forward. Ignorance is never better than knowledge.
Before I came here I was confused about this subject. Having listened to your lecture I am still confused. But on a higher level. - Enrico Fermi
Before I came here I was confused about this subject. Having listened to your lecture I am still confused. But on a higher level.
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