When you see something that is technically sweet you go ahead and do it. J. Robert Oppenheimer More Quotes by J. Robert Oppenheimer More Quotes From J. Robert Oppenheimer We know that the wages of secrecy are corruption. We know that in secrecy error, undetected, will flourish and subvert. J. Robert Oppenheimer wages errors corruption If we ask, for instance, whether the position of the electron remains the same, we must say 'no'; if we ask whether the electron's position changes with time, we must say 'no'; if we ask whether the electron is at rest, we must say 'no'; if we ask whether it is in motion, we must say 'no'. J. Robert Oppenheimer electrons instance position It is a profound and necessary truth that the deep things in science are not found because they are useful; they are found because it was possible to find them. J. Robert Oppenheimer profound-truth found profound We know too much for one man to know too much. J. Robert Oppenheimer too-much knows men The atomic bomb made the prospect of future war unendurable. It has led us up those last few steps to the mountain pass; and beyond there is a different country. J. Robert Oppenheimer change military country Truth, not a pet, is man's best friend. J. Robert Oppenheimer pet men [About the great synthesis of atomic physics in the 1920s:] It was a heroic time. It was not the doing of any one man; it involved the collaboration of scores of scientists from many different lands. But from the first to last the deeply creative, subtle and critical spirit of Niels Bohr guided, restrained, deepened and finally transmuted the enterprise. J. Robert Oppenheimer creativity men science The most beautiful philosophical song existing in any known tongue. J. Robert Oppenheimer song beautiful philosophy The Vedas are the greatest privilege of this century. J. Robert Oppenheimer vedas privilege century We may anticipate a state of affairs in which two Great Powers will each be in a position to put an end to the civilization and life of the other, though not without risking its own. We may be likened to two scorpions in a bottle, each capable of killing the other, but only at the risk of his own life. J. Robert Oppenheimer risk civilization two Sometimes the answer to fear does not lie in trying to explain away the causes, sometimes the answer lies in courage. J. Robert Oppenheimer doe trying lying It is proper to the role of the scientist that he not merely find new truth and communicate it to his fellows, but that he teach, that he try to bring the most honest and intelligible account of new knowledge to all who will try to learn. J. Robert Oppenheimer roles trying science This world of ours is a new world, in which the unit of knowledge, the nature of human communities, the order of society, the order of ideas, the very notions of society and culture have changed, and will not return to what they have been in the past. What is new is new, not because it has never been there before, but because it has changed in quality. J. Robert Oppenheimer order past ideas Pragmatism is an intellectually safe but ultimately sterile philosophy. J. Robert Oppenheimer pragmatism safe philosophy It is not possible to be a scientist unless you believe that it is good to learn... that it is of the highest value to share your knowledge... with anyone who is interested... that the knowledge of the world, and the power which this gives, is a thing which is of intrinsic value to humanity J. Robert Oppenheimer humanity giving believe The general notions about human understanding...which are illustrated by discoveries in atomic physics are not in the nature of things wholly unfamiliar, wholly unheard of, or new. Even in our own culture, they have a history, and in Buddhist and Hindu thought a more considerable and central place. What we shall find is an exemplification, an encouragement, and a refinement of old wisdom. J. Robert Oppenheimer buddhist encouragement discovery We do not believe any group of men adequate enough or wise enough to operate without scrutiny or without criticism. We know that the only way to avoid error is to detect it, that the only way to detect it is to be free to inquire. We know that in secrecy error, undetected, will flourish and subvert. J. Robert Oppenheimer wise men believe 'It worked.' (said after witnessing the first atomic detonation). J. Robert Oppenheimer said firsts I am become death, the destroyer of worlds. J. Robert Oppenheimer hiroshima-and-nagasaki military death We do not believe any group of men adequate enough or wise enough to operate without scrutiny or without criticism. J. Robert Oppenheimer power wise believe
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