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Each small piece of [Nature’s] fabric reveals the organization of the entire tapestry.

Richard Feynman (1965)



Nature uses only the longest threads to weave her patterns….

Richard Feynman (1965)



Nature herself does not seem to know which way the electron is going to go.

Richard Feynman (1965)



[I]n the end the machinery will be revealed, and the laws will turn out to be simple ….

Richard Feynman (1965)



The law of inertia has no known origin.

Richard Feynman (1965)



Can I call you Frank?

— John Cleese (1971)



Narrator: There is a theory which states that if ever anyone discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another theory which states that this has already happened.

Douglas Adams (1978)