"Philosophers say a great deal about what is absolutely necessary for science, and it is always, so far as one can see, rather naive, and probably wrong." "People may come along and argue philosophically that they like one better than another; but we have learned much from experience that all philosophical intutions about nature are going to fail. One just has to work out all the possibilities, and try all the alternatives". "Now such a topic [physical laws] has a tendency to become too philosophical because it becomes so general, and a person talks in such generalities, that everybody can understand him. It is then considered to be some deep philosophy. I would like to be rather more special, and I would like to be understood in an honest way rather than in a vague way".
Scopro oggi che con grande sbigottimento del padre, Richard Feynman, uno dei più grandi fisici al mondo, l’autore delle proposizioni citate sopra, il figlio Carl è un filosofo.