# Quote — Richard P. Feynman, 'What Do You Care What Other People Think?'

> The only way to have real success in science, the field I'm familiar with, is to describe the evidence very carefully without regard to the way you feel it should be. If you have a theory, you must try to explain what's good and what's bad about it equally. In science, you learn a kind of standard integrity and honesty.

- Author: [Richard P. Feynman](https://www.leafyquotes.com/richard-p-feynman.md)
- Book: ['What Do You Care What Other People Think?'](https://www.leafyquotes.com/richard-p-feynman/what-do-you-care-what-other-people-think.md)
- Page: 217
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- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/richard-p-feynman/what-do-you-care-what-other-people-think/the-only-way

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> You can know the name of that bird in all the languages of the world, but when you're finished, you'll know absolutely nothing whatever about the bird. You'll only know about humans in different places, and what they call the bird. ... I learned very early the difference between knowing the name of something and knowing something.

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