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The Meaning of It All

by Richard P. Feynman

Three 1963 lectures on science, religion, politics and uncertainty: a scientist's humility about what science cannot answer. Short and wise.

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  1. Live with uncertainty.
  2. Science does not give values.
  3. Doubt is freedom.

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