why do you have to be so mean to eachother, say your opinion in peace and understanding, and try to get along, please, take example from this incredible man.
He's so beautiful! The way his passion shows, and his eyes twinkle without cessation, and you can tell that he's thought about it, and his kindly fluctuating voice brings more happiness to you than old St. Nick did when you were young! He just really is fantastically beautiful. I just really like him.
Isn't it the craziest thing when you really think it. Were born into these biological suits and this crazy world and we have no idea really how we or it came to be.
They should have given him a dozen nobel prizes ! just for caring so much ... This man couldn't even go swimming without thinking about physics and coming up with some scientific explenation to what's happening. It's like a mathematician who sits on a bench , while normal people eat lunch or look at the trees and sky.. the mathematician thinks about equations and figures out why he doesn't fall true the bench
Briliant physics! We never see things the way they really are, only when we see things on a quantum level do we realize, "The beautiful mess we live in" and the amount of things we miss!!!
@BelligerentTurtle I get the impression he was a sensitive individual. He clearly has the greatest joy, but probably felt the pain of the world as vividly as his joy
One of the most beautiful and sublime 5 minute observations of the nature of nature. Anyone who has decent high school level math, chemistry, biology, & physics can easily visualize, to very good degrees, all of what Feynman was saying here. It's not "just quantum mechanics;" it's perceptibably tangible! We are shaped & molded by evolution & gravity to be an integral part of this sublime beauty of nature, this fabric of reality & not as a mere passive, uninvolved observer.
Feynman, although I've heard of him is a relatively new character to me. And the more videos I watch of him here on Youtube, the more I like him and the more I want to hear what he has to say. Fascinating bloke, truly fascinating.
@byrlink COULD YOU SHUT THE FUCK UP WITH YOUR RELIGIOUS RANTING!!! YOU YOUTUBE ATHEIST AND BELIEVERS ARE SOOOOOOOOOOO ANNOYING ITS NOT EVEN FUNNY ANYMORE!!! HERE THE MAN IS TALKING ABOUT SCIENCE, INQUIRY, AND SUCH N FROM HIS 5:45 OF SPEECH YOU COME UP WITH JESUS AND MUHAMMAD DAMN!!! YOU PEOPLE LIVE SOME REALLY MISERABLE LIVES!! THIS IS NOT EVEN THE PAGE FOR IT, NOT THE VIDEO!!!
If everyone in the world watched this video, and thought about it... we would have world peace, right away. That's it. Slaughtering each-other would simply become... too boring.
@ibajem Not completely self taught... he went to MIT and Princeton. But his dad, who *was* self taught, spent a lot of time with young Richard teaching him to ask questions about the world around him... a great example of the power that a loving parent can have.
It's an absolute pleasure to hear scientific principals explained so clearly and succinctly such as this. It's a rare talent. We need more like this man.
i didnt really appreciate this till a saw a pool in use after. it was a trip so see in in action haha. pretty much the violent random rippling of the pool exists everywhere in 3D
it always tickles me to see others who are as fascinated and impassioned by the the way things work, even those things we often consider banal, or commonplace, at the same time i can't imagine how you couldn't be. Thanks for the great upload
yes he would have been a wonderful science teacher. the world needs scientists like him. he had everything, passion, excitement, fun, and he was very bright!
this is what science is about. Beauty, passion wonder at all around you. It's a far cry from school. Learn this. write that, sit an exam, congratulations you're educated.
@eddiechilvers yes. you don't have to understand anything as long as you remember it. perfect memory (eidetic?) makes anyone fly through school today with top grades. My memory is not so great but I do understand things from time to time. I'm not saying I understand everything science though. Also I got dyscalculi.
I think that the anecdotes in "Surely you're Joking Mr Feynman" and "What do you care what other people think" are treasures. I cannot recommend these books highly enough. This guy applies the same energy, clarity, depth and fun you saw in the video to the tiny stories that made up his life. Truly they paint a beautiful picture of life well-lived (although he saw more than his fair share of loss and sadness). You should totally read them, I promise you'll be glad you did.
this man taught me how to explain physics and really anything in general to the average person, with a smile, enthusiasm and not taking it too serious. Too many physics students I know come off as stuck up smart asses, Feynman is always smiling and its very contagious
Feynman being a genius is one thing (most in his field are geniuses by any measure), but the great thing about him is his ability to talk about complex ideas so clearly and enthusiastically. Not many people can be both a genius and a masterful communicator.
I just finished the new Dirac autobiography. There are a couple of "conversations" between Feynman and Dirac that are a scream. Dirac, most likely autistic, was next to impossible to talk with--monosyllabic at best. Feynman'd met him once before (in a hillariously dysfunctional meeting), but Dirac, typically, didn't remember or even notice poeple. So the second time they met, Feynman had learned his lesson. Feyman: "I am Feynman" Dirac: "I am Dirac.". Well, I thought it was funny!!
You can get some of his lectures on audio, and some others in the form of books. But audio is far better. Its just so cool, when he takes you with him. He has such fun in what he does, that you just get overwhelmed and have a lot of fun yourself. The man is a real genius, and its very sad, that he got taken away from us so soon. Its a shame, that he didnt have the chance to experience the modern internet, he would have loved it.
in my opinion particle physics is a dead end cause everything is a wave phenomena. even atoms yet we spend enormous amount of time and energy to push the concepts of "elemental particle" all the way to the wall. Why cant we re-investigate electromagnetic interactions? why cant we go back to Maxwell's ideas and refine and develop them even further? Or maybe go back in time before maxwell and interpret maxwell equations in a new different way no one have thought about.
yeah same with classical mechanics yet its still used. Much of physics is an approximation in which the error<< than the applicable terms. Do we abandon classical mechanics? No, its useful for many cases. Quantum and GR are not unified yet they both work for their purposes. Both work, and to assume that one is correct is fallicious. Since they both do work there is some validity. Science isn't about the right answer. Science is about what the answer cannot be.
@ActiveStorage not sure why a few people reacted negatively to your comment, feynman was all about re-assessing things from what ive seen/read (tho that isnt a lot to be fair) i think resting on our laurels is dangerous, theres always room to re-test theories using newer methods.
I think the most poignant statement here is... "It's all really there, really, really there.", academically, I knew everything he said. But... My mind is still blown.
All at once. In parallel. Change Happens. And we just don't notice most of it. Can't yet.
We see backwards in time (because it takes time for photons to get here). We can see back to 380,000 years old, 13.7 billion years ago. And never will see further; the universe at that age was opaque. We might infer from the waves what happened earlier.
At some point in the logic though common sense takes a hike.
Nature at its lowest level is strangely inconceivable.
what strikes me is the unbroken passion of chilhood embeded in such mature and smart man. pure inspiration and refreshment. great scientist great man.
and bongo champion, safe cracker, mathematical sums challenger, speaking of Challenger...
Yes, Feynman has given us quite a bit of food for thought. Sadly, his early contact with radioactive elements either at Los Alamos or in later years took its toll. We were lucky to have him for this long.
Definitely an a fine example of how to be a passionate human being.
Exactly. High school literally killed my interest in science at a very young age. These days, I'm totally immersed and had to self-teach myself most of it. I border on being disgusted at how the nature of reality (and nature) can be treated with such sloppy, bumbling numbness when it comes to public education. Feynman is downright animated about it, and that's how it should be.
My physics professor bores me to death, freshman year though but jesus I wish we could just get done with Newtons second law, haha, all he does is repeat F = ma
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MasterDonut 2 months ago
Feynman truly was an amazing person.Youtube the "the feynman series" or
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Astrodicted 2 months ago
symphony of science ......anybody?
CLASHofTHElonders 3 months ago 4
This man really loves what he does. That's inspiring.
BlockisticStudios 5 months ago 6
why do you have to be so mean to eachother, say your opinion in peace and understanding, and try to get along, please, take example from this incredible man.
ttpgm 5 months ago
EXCELLENT !!!!! absolutely.
thomasey2 5 months ago
@thomasey2 indeed
mlm74799 5 months ago
If I could by any means resurrect one person, and one person only...
Sorry, grandma, I'd choose Feynman.
T6e6r6o 7 months ago 4
He's so beautiful! The way his passion shows, and his eyes twinkle without cessation, and you can tell that he's thought about it, and his kindly fluctuating voice brings more happiness to you than old St. Nick did when you were young! He just really is fantastically beautiful. I just really like him.
razzlefrog 7 months ago
Isn't it the craziest thing when you really think it. Were born into these biological suits and this crazy world and we have no idea really how we or it came to be.
JG129 7 months ago 3
I doubt I'm the only one who throughout the course of the video found myself smiling.
godsentyes 7 months ago
I love seeing how he enjoys doing what he does.
Girhin 8 months ago 4
He sounds kind of like Joey from Yugioh.
Pure genius though. His QED theory amazed me.
MonicaKn17 8 months ago
They should have given him a dozen nobel prizes ! just for caring so much ... This man couldn't even go swimming without thinking about physics and coming up with some scientific explenation to what's happening. It's like a mathematician who sits on a bench , while normal people eat lunch or look at the trees and sky.. the mathematician thinks about equations and figures out why he doesn't fall true the bench
Borat911 8 months ago
it all realy there, realy ,realy there
KatelynnLuvsChuu 8 months ago
His giddiness is contagious enough to rub off on me when I listen to him.
What a delight to mankind!
rpm297 9 months ago 10
One amazing man.
kfreed1219 10 months ago 3
And its all really there! Really, really there!
danvgeg 10 months ago 16
Briliant physics! We never see things the way they really are, only when we see things on a quantum level do we realize, "The beautiful mess we live in" and the amount of things we miss!!!
lisa7quantum 11 months ago 2
@lisa7quantum
"And it's ALL REALLY THERE! That's what get's ya!"
GuitarMannnnnn 10 months ago 4
When the video went to back and white , I thought it was my eyes and waves that were messing up , not Youtube.
crazygeo81 11 months ago 4
15 people need to be strangled with a copper wire.
toranatheory 11 months ago
Best philosopher ever!
rhov233 11 months ago 4
I love this so much. He's so happy and excited! About SCIENCE!
GryphynBloodheart 11 months ago 18
To think about all of this. To think about the vast emptiness of space............
Gengar10000000000 1 year ago 12
Richard Feynman has proven that the statement "knowledge is pain" is utterly false.
BelligerentTurtle 1 year ago 12
@BelligerentTurtle I get the impression he was a sensitive individual. He clearly has the greatest joy, but probably felt the pain of the world as vividly as his joy
fishsoftware 10 months ago
He is remarkable! It is possible to feel the love for Physics in his eyes while he talks about it!
Bitt33 1 year ago 12
Dear God...
I'm not that smart, but I'm pretty sure this guy just one upped you. Amen
p.s. This will be my last prayer to YOU...
Dear Richard Feynman...
AK47allan 1 year ago 14
I would have loved to meet this man.
oB2KoMario 1 year ago 13
this is fantastic. i could never hold a conversation with a brain like this, but i would let this man talk at me for years.
katinkers 1 year ago 6
I love you, Dick!
253Mac 1 year ago
i miss Feynman.
AlanCFA 1 year ago
got to love the man!!
todomusika 1 year ago
14 uggly people who jumped into the pool
nachoseg 1 year ago 7
Like Carl Sagan but with a Nobel Prize.
TheNamelessCharacter 1 year ago 10
There are men and god's, and then there are beings like Richard Feynman
MiXmAsTaHnIKe 1 year ago
lol "... by looking at them with this EYE" 3:58
philipheubeck 1 year ago 3
this man had to die is a proof that god doesn't exist.
megahadouken1 1 year ago 4
He really has a talent for telling stories. Everything he says is said in a funny, appealing way. He makes science sounds like so much fun !
lolas4444 1 year ago
He really has a talent for telling stories. Everything he says is said in a funny, appealing way. He makes science sounds so much fun !
lolas4444 1 year ago 2
There's a beautiful childlike fascination about Feynman that is not only inviting but fascinating!
Enthusiastic, bright, friendly and passionate, we certainly need more Feynmans in the world!
Irishkeyblade 1 year ago 2
Pure genius.
phillozoph50 1 year ago
What a joy to listen to this man
highup01 1 year ago 6
He actually enjoys what he does; very significant and pleasurable. :)
kermanshah123 1 year ago 4
I would do anything for this respectable scientist to be my teacher :)
kermanshah123 1 year ago
One of the most beautiful and sublime 5 minute observations of the nature of nature. Anyone who has decent high school level math, chemistry, biology, & physics can easily visualize, to very good degrees, all of what Feynman was saying here. It's not "just quantum mechanics;" it's perceptibably tangible! We are shaped & molded by evolution & gravity to be an integral part of this sublime beauty of nature, this fabric of reality & not as a mere passive, uninvolved observer.
HenryDavidT 1 year ago 4
the cameraman filming must've seen the world with new eyes after this lmao
Slyrus76 1 year ago
I get chills listening to this man
secrettrash 1 year ago 2
i respect Feynman
JiDaesung 1 year ago
Feynman, although I've heard of him is a relatively new character to me. And the more videos I watch of him here on Youtube, the more I like him and the more I want to hear what he has to say. Fascinating bloke, truly fascinating.
happyidiottalk 1 year ago 3
@Gamal
Also, the term 'God' does not mean "Ethereal being that doesn't like you eating pork".
God is, as Feynman would say, another inconceivable nature of nature.
Akaidu 1 year ago
Feynman is right, really must stop and think about it...
karrpoff 1 year ago
well said ohhhhh
JoeDuku 1 year ago
I LOVE THIS MAN..
nouralharirii 1 year ago
How i would love to have this man as my professor
fjollornaz 1 year ago
This kind of people give me back trust to humanity.
Xornox 1 year ago
holy cow, i am watching this from Peru O.O
tsuikjoshiomatsu 1 year ago 8
His infectious enthusiasm makes me smile. A good story teller.
flexdream 1 year ago
Thank you for uploading this.
Paxtilhoko 1 year ago
Richard is a thousand times more inspiring than Jesus or Muhammad... a human being greater and more loving than any god that has ever been invented!
byrlink 1 year ago 255
@byrlink COULD YOU SHUT THE FUCK UP WITH YOUR RELIGIOUS RANTING!!! YOU YOUTUBE ATHEIST AND BELIEVERS ARE SOOOOOOOOOOO ANNOYING ITS NOT EVEN FUNNY ANYMORE!!! HERE THE MAN IS TALKING ABOUT SCIENCE, INQUIRY, AND SUCH N FROM HIS 5:45 OF SPEECH YOU COME UP WITH JESUS AND MUHAMMAD DAMN!!! YOU PEOPLE LIVE SOME REALLY MISERABLE LIVES!! THIS IS NOT EVEN THE PAGE FOR IT, NOT THE VIDEO!!!
gamal01 1 year ago 47
@gamal01 Got that off your chest? Good. Now please, hush, I'm trying to listen to Richard Feynman.
MichaelJamesRichard 1 month ago
It does get you thinking,awake ourself.Truly one of the greatest teacher of physics ever lived.
mahboob804 1 year ago
It does get you thinking,awake ourself.Truly one of the greatest teacher of physics ever lived.
mahboob804 1 year ago 3
awesome :)
Yiega 1 year ago 2
and its all realy there,REALLY REALLY THERE!!!!!!!!
Yiega 1 year ago 4
14 people gave up trying to conceive of the situation Feynman presented too quickly
emwaveguide 1 year ago 3
God DAMN, I love listening to him. Having both incredible knowledge and incredible charisma is VERY rare.
He just made me realize fully how "empty air" is absolutely boiling with radiation from millions of sources!
BInRt 1 year ago 3
Great physicist.
tomjanski 1 year ago 2
he would be the best physics teacher EVER!
liieffjennii 1 year ago 8
@liieffjennii He was
longtermeffect 1 year ago
If everyone in the world watched this video, and thought about it... we would have world peace, right away. That's it. Slaughtering each-other would simply become... too boring.
andreyman3d 1 year ago 11
I think I've watched this around 15 times this week alone. It is incredible.
toonuraccoon 1 year ago 2
a very good philosopher in the realm of physics
and he was self taught
so dont give up kids, quantum mechanics are by no means the final word or even a working experiment in terms of practical results
ibajem 1 year ago
@ibajem Not completely self taught... he went to MIT and Princeton. But his dad, who *was* self taught, spent a lot of time with young Richard teaching him to ask questions about the world around him... a great example of the power that a loving parent can have.
collabi 1 year ago 2
What a guy!! My eyes watered when he finished with, "The inconceivable nature of nature."
Cuorante 1 year ago 8
It's an absolute pleasure to hear scientific principals explained so clearly and succinctly such as this. It's a rare talent. We need more like this man.
Psychichtz 1 year ago 10
I could watch this over and over. Simply brilliant.
cabuj5 1 year ago 2
he's so cool
MrPorgyTirebiter 1 year ago 2
i didnt really appreciate this till a saw a pool in use after. it was a trip so see in in action haha. pretty much the violent random rippling of the pool exists everywhere in 3D
ianbrooks 1 year ago
"The inconceivable nature of nature." True brilliance.
JennRighter 1 year ago 2
10 years ago I picked up 6 easy pieces and loved physics ever since. You needed to clone this guy.
James1toknow 1 year ago
his excitement about science is inspiring. I wish i could look at the world the way he does in this video.
"and its really there!!"
whalenbrowne 1 year ago
it always tickles me to see others who are as fascinated and impassioned by the the way things work, even those things we often consider banal, or commonplace, at the same time i can't imagine how you couldn't be. Thanks for the great upload
DocFinnerty 1 year ago 2
yes he would have been a wonderful science teacher. the world needs scientists like him. he had everything, passion, excitement, fun, and he was very bright!
thissitesuxxx 1 year ago 6
@thissitesuxxx Agree. Passion, excitement, fun... nothing like that in the educational system. Just do this, do that, done.
JackeShanTwo 1 year ago
He would be an awesome academic teacher. I bet his lectures would be awesome. Insane but awesome.
neofintch2 1 year ago 4
@neofintch2 If he only were ;-)
duchghost 1 year ago
lol ive thought about this "mess" of EM waves and how we can interpret them so many times..
damlurker 1 year ago
this is what science is about. Beauty, passion wonder at all around you. It's a far cry from school. Learn this. write that, sit an exam, congratulations you're educated.
eddiechilvers 1 year ago 9
@eddiechilvers yes. you don't have to understand anything as long as you remember it. perfect memory (eidetic?) makes anyone fly through school today with top grades. My memory is not so great but I do understand things from time to time. I'm not saying I understand everything science though. Also I got dyscalculi.
saivert 1 year ago
@paul55604
Hmm, you made me feel like reading them.
d3st88 1 year ago
I think that the anecdotes in "Surely you're Joking Mr Feynman" and "What do you care what other people think" are treasures. I cannot recommend these books highly enough. This guy applies the same energy, clarity, depth and fun you saw in the video to the tiny stories that made up his life. Truly they paint a beautiful picture of life well-lived (although he saw more than his fair share of loss and sadness). You should totally read them, I promise you'll be glad you did.
paul55604 1 year ago 4
ahhhh feynman geeks me out dude, I mean, like, in a good way
ddd1600 1 year ago 7
this man taught me how to explain physics and really anything in general to the average person, with a smile, enthusiasm and not taking it too serious. Too many physics students I know come off as stuck up smart asses, Feynman is always smiling and its very contagious
TeamFortressKilla 1 year ago 11
i like his ideas
oevergreen1 1 year ago 3
amazing that there are about 12 people giving thumbs down to this man.
theWHYing 1 year ago 14
This is truth.
CyrisAeon 1 year ago 3
what a brilliant description of EM waves.
mooxim 1 year ago 2
Feynman being a genius is one thing (most in his field are geniuses by any measure), but the great thing about him is his ability to talk about complex ideas so clearly and enthusiastically. Not many people can be both a genius and a masterful communicator.
ziderazzi 1 year ago 4
He is a great resource for the human species.
FurryFenNick 1 year ago 2
"it was there all the time, it's only when you turn on the radio that you notice it"
anjundoobies89 2 years ago 108
Genius
biorobotmachine 2 years ago
I just finished the new Dirac autobiography. There are a couple of "conversations" between Feynman and Dirac that are a scream. Dirac, most likely autistic, was next to impossible to talk with--monosyllabic at best. Feynman'd met him once before (in a hillariously dysfunctional meeting), but Dirac, typically, didn't remember or even notice poeple. So the second time they met, Feynman had learned his lesson. Feyman: "I am Feynman" Dirac: "I am Dirac.". Well, I thought it was funny!!
marginallymental 2 years ago 6
There was a quote about Dirac concerning is non-belief: "There is no god and Dirac is his prophet."
FistfullaBerries 2 years ago
Damn! This is the first time I hear Dr. Feynman speaking. It might have been wonderful attending his lectures at Caltech.
Anyway, I'm currently learning QFT and I'm glad he did so well!
IamMcBain 2 years ago 10
You can get some of his lectures on audio, and some others in the form of books. But audio is far better. Its just so cool, when he takes you with him. He has such fun in what he does, that you just get overwhelmed and have a lot of fun yourself. The man is a real genius, and its very sad, that he got taken away from us so soon. Its a shame, that he didnt have the chance to experience the modern internet, he would have loved it.
terryfeynman 2 years ago 5
It does get you thinking.
berniedo 2 years ago 4
or maybe we should stop using math and invent something better to interpret our data and observation..
ActiveStorage 2 years ago
in my opinion particle physics is a dead end cause everything is a wave phenomena. even atoms yet we spend enormous amount of time and energy to push the concepts of "elemental particle" all the way to the wall. Why cant we re-investigate electromagnetic interactions? why cant we go back to Maxwell's ideas and refine and develop them even further? Or maybe go back in time before maxwell and interpret maxwell equations in a new different way no one have thought about.
ActiveStorage 2 years ago
yeah same with classical mechanics yet its still used. Much of physics is an approximation in which the error<< than the applicable terms. Do we abandon classical mechanics? No, its useful for many cases. Quantum and GR are not unified yet they both work for their purposes. Both work, and to assume that one is correct is fallicious. Since they both do work there is some validity. Science isn't about the right answer. Science is about what the answer cannot be.
shk9664 2 years ago 4
@ActiveStorage not sure why a few people reacted negatively to your comment, feynman was all about re-assessing things from what ive seen/read (tho that isnt a lot to be fair) i think resting on our laurels is dangerous, theres always room to re-test theories using newer methods.
djdnauk1977 2 years ago 3
His lectures on physics have been a revelation for me "Complex thing can be explained easily". You are my idol
vichvg 2 years ago 5
WWRFD!?
SlightlyNotorious 2 years ago 16
@SlightlyNotorious This needs to be on a shirt!
mikeroephonics 2 years ago
Sensation and perception humans have and so easily take for granted.
wmcdo1 2 years ago
Isn't the world wonderful?
BeatleMathYT 2 years ago 9
More than just the world; the whole fucking universe.
Phelan666 2 years ago
Great stuff, what a brilliant man!
buckfushes 2 years ago 7
I love this man...what else there is to say?!
me19662 2 years ago 6
amazing
simply amazing
NEWTIGERDUDY 2 years ago 6
I think the most poignant statement here is... "It's all really there, really, really there.", academically, I knew everything he said. But... My mind is still blown.
RIP Richard, you will be missed.
kljhokj 2 years ago 16
Holy crap, I just now understood what hes talking about, and it totally blew my mind
AltimaNEO 2 years ago 7
yeah this guy seems like one cool person to be around, physicists are a special breed, i have lecturers who are a bit like this
jimmyshitbags 2 years ago 2
this man is so wise
tdedcovich 2 years ago 9
i think i would give almost anything just to hear this man talk for an hour.
lazieman14 2 years ago 16
The Cal Tech lectures are available on CD.
stillspooky 2 years ago
His excitement about science is contagious. It is the enlightenment of knowledge of those who seek the truth.
patricknelson 2 years ago 266
Science and truth are two different things.
wmcdo1 2 years ago
True Science is the method through which knowledge can be reached. True things are that which we seek, through science.
Cade57 2 years ago 6
"...[P]oint your 1/8" black-holes at this nice piece of tape of The Chief. "
Hahaha! Love it! I'm going to start using the first half of this phrase! Thanks for the upload!
kikinchick 2 years ago 3
listening to feynman gives me goose bumps :) amazing
numb1010 2 years ago 2
Simply stunning
Monkeyspoon 2 years ago 4
This shows why he was the inimitable genius he was.He made the complicated simple and the difficult easy.
mucalinda 2 years ago 9
A true jewel to humanity
jpmorgan187 2 years ago 287
@jpmorgan187 Indeed, in the rough.
seantubular 1 year ago
@jpmorgan187 second that!
karlpokus 1 year ago
"Somebody dives in - and she's not too pretty, so I can think of something else." Feynman was such a Ho lol.
Gilgamesh149 2 years ago 36
All at once. In parallel. Change Happens. And we just don't notice most of it. Can't yet.
We see backwards in time (because it takes time for photons to get here). We can see back to 380,000 years old, 13.7 billion years ago. And never will see further; the universe at that age was opaque. We might infer from the waves what happened earlier.
At some point in the logic though common sense takes a hike.
Nature at its lowest level is strangely inconceivable.
George4943 2 years ago 9
"..the "paradox" is only a conflict between reality and your feeling of what reality "ought to be." - Richard Feynman
FistfullaBerries 2 years ago 9
If I caught him fifty or so years ago, I would have married him. The guy is an irrefutable GENIUS.
Libservative79 2 years ago 17
brilliant man.
Justavaragejoe 2 years ago 13
Thanks so much for this. One of my favorites of his.
humbleradio 2 years ago 8
This blew my mind.
1amsm1th 2 years ago 16
excuse my horrible spelling!
AlvinOfLoronei 2 years ago
what strikes me is the unbroken passion of chilhood embeded in such mature and smart man. pure inspiration and refreshment. great scientist great man.
what a dude!
AlvinOfLoronei 2 years ago 15
You know he was a heck of a dancer as well!?!
nickybadboy50 2 years ago 2
and bongo champion, safe cracker, mathematical sums challenger, speaking of Challenger...
Yes, Feynman has given us quite a bit of food for thought. Sadly, his early contact with radioactive elements either at Los Alamos or in later years took its toll. We were lucky to have him for this long.
Definitely an a fine example of how to be a passionate human being.
humbleradio 2 years ago 7
Feynman was such a great thinker and teacher.
nhojmabon 2 years ago 8
We need more people like this.
DavidAKZ 2 years ago 7
i love physicists, most of my lecturers are likeable characters.
jimmyshitbags 2 years ago 3
Richard Feynman- a guy with a great character, genious and lots of creativity
blazekid1992 2 years ago 3
You would never understand physics until you read the Richard Feynman lectures
jimy86leb 2 years ago 9
It would have been amazing to work with him. Brilliant, with a sense of humor :)
featheredpines 2 years ago 6
HOly smokes. What a great inspirational teacher!
Galactu5 2 years ago 5
the guy is an inspiration.
tomsteve115 2 years ago
Enthusiasm and a general ability to make science real..what a gift he had!
ridewelltraining 2 years ago
Seeing this makes me miss Richard. Wish he were here with us.
FountainDew85 2 years ago 2
If we introduced students to this stuff at a younger age, we might actually get people interested into it.
HO2 2 years ago 14
Exactly. High school literally killed my interest in science at a very young age. These days, I'm totally immersed and had to self-teach myself most of it. I border on being disgusted at how the nature of reality (and nature) can be treated with such sloppy, bumbling numbness when it comes to public education. Feynman is downright animated about it, and that's how it should be.
void212 2 years ago 13
Straight to the point :)
SKudgails 2 years ago
so passionate!!
i learned electromagnetic wave 5 years ago in my univ. but i just merely passed the exam and learned nothing...sigh
052053028 3 years ago 2
My physics professor bores me to death, freshman year though but jesus I wish we could just get done with Newtons second law, haha, all he does is repeat F = ma
arynaq 2 years ago
If I had him as a teacher, I would have been a scientist..
android90beats 3 years ago 4
DIck Feynman would say, "it's never too later."
humbleradio 2 years ago 2
Feynman and Sagan.
Required listening in any science class - no matter what level.
hellcat059 3 years ago 30
Required listening to humanity!
lifeisgummo 3 years ago 29