Blog post: Bill Angel: Feynman asserted that science is imagination constrained by a tight straitjacket

“The game I play is a very interesting one. It's imagination, in a tight straitjacket.†-- Richard P. Feynman

"Feynman once said, 'Science is imagination in a straitjacket.' It is ironic that in the case of quantum mechanics, the people without the straitjackets are generally the nuts."

--Lawrence M. Krauss

Here is link to a video clip where Feynman makes his science as imagination in a tight straitjacket assertion:

Here are two shots I took of a street performer entertaining spectators by struggling to get out of a straitjacket while balancing on a large ball. It's interesting that some of the spectators watching him have their arms crossed as if they themselves were wearing straitjackets:

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