The Future May Require Not So Much

Over The Years, I Have Learned That Every Significant Invention Has Several Characteristics. By Definition It Must Be Startling, Unexpected, And Must Come Into A World That Is Not Prepared For It. If The World Were Prepared For It, It Would Not Be Much Of An Invention.

Work Only On Problems That Are Manifestly Important And Seem To Be Nearly Impossible To Solve. That Way You Will Have A Natural Market For Your Product And No Competition.

The Role Of Science Is To Be Systematic, To Be Accurate, To Be Orderly, But It Certainly Is Not To Imply That The Aggregated, Successful Hypotheses Of The Past Have The Kind Of Truth That Goes Into A Number System.

I Believe Each Incoming Freshman [in College] Must Be Started At Once On His Own Research Project If We Are To Preserve His Secret Dream Of Greatness And Make It Come True.

There Is No Such Thing As Group Originality, Group Creativity Or Group Perspicacity.