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But the need for conflict to expose prejudice and unclear reasoning, which is deeply embedded in my philosophy of science, has its origin in these debates.
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Author Details: Type: Physicist Quotes Category: American Physicist Quotes Date of Birth: November 1, 1950 Nationality: American Amazon: Robert B. Laughlin on Amazon |
Related Authors: Richard P. Feynman J. Robert Oppenheimer Enrico Fermi Brian Greene James Van Allen Murray Gell-Mann Chen Ning Yang Edward Teller Austin O'Malley |
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Select Robert B. Laughlin Quotations:
My mother, who was professional schoolteacher, was particularly concerned about our formal education and even went so far as to start a private school together with some other parents so that our intellectual needs would be met.
Robert B. Laughlin To this day I always insist on working out a problem from the beginning without reading up on it first, a habit that sometimes gets me into trouble but just as often helps me see things my predecessors have missed. Robert B. Laughlin One of the terrific aspects of MIT in those days was the enormous variety of experimental work that either took place there or was talked about in seminars by outside speakers aggressively recruited by the faculty. Robert B. Laughlin In parallel with the development of my interests in technical gadgetry I began to acquire a profound love of and respect for the natural world which motivates my scientific thinking to this day. Robert B. Laughlin Over the course of time this gave us a deep respect for ideas, both our own and those of others, and an understanding that conflict through debate is a powerful means of revealing truth. Robert B. Laughlin It is an interesting fact that during my tour I was never allowed access to computers, radios, or anything else that I might damage through curiosity, or perhaps something more sinister. Robert B. Laughlin When I moved to Stanford I began to pursue the line of research I have been following ever since, namely trying to understand the larger implications of fractional quantum hall discovery. Robert B. Laughlin |
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Quote Keywords: Conflict, Debates, Deeply, Embedded, Expose, Need, Origin, Philosophy, Prejudice, Reasoning, Science, These, Unclear, Which |
Dictionary Links: Conflict, Deeply, Embedded, Expose, Need, Origin, Philosophy, Prejudice, Reasoning, Science, These, Which |
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