Apparently his IQ was only 124. I call bullshit. My IQ was tested at 148 and I'll concede that Feynman's intelligence is so far removed from mine that I might as well be hanging from a tree picking ants out of my ass hair. Honestly, he's a genius.
@LongandGeneric Yeah. I'm sure, had he taken a test later in life, he would've scored higher. I don't think he was insecure enough to feel the need to measure his I.Q. penis so he could whip it out in front of others, though. He was too busy changing the world. :)
Anyone who likes this and haven't read "Surely You're Joking. Mr Feynman" should really read it. A funny book about some of all the crazy and interesting things Richard Feynman got himself into.
@TheRisingf23: Pretty simple. In his scientific career Feynman has never relied much on others' ideas. When he had to solve a problem he started thinking about it without caring much about what others did in the past, and he frequently solved it. That's why he thinks history of ideas is irrilevant.
Consider your spouses or lovers morning breath. Is it a good thing or a bad thing for them to brush their teeth? it is a good thing that they brush their teeth before kissing them, it is true brushing teeth is very important to the continuation of our species through procreation. If you don't brush your teeth no one will ever have sex with you.
@frankd14321 Though it might seem like the "perfect" world, it wouldn't be. What's a world worth living without any imperfect factors? Feynman even talks about the beauty of a flower and how he simply enjoys playing the bongo. A world without personal relation and feelings would no longer be a unique world, just a blank one. One example is, this video; the video informs you but it also touches your feelings. It moves many others. This is why you have a wish.
@MrMikeDao I should have been more clear. If people put aside their personal feelings and relations and thought through things logically there wouldn't be so much war, crime, and hate... That is the world I would want to live in. If you would still want those awful things than good for you.
@frankd14321 Yeah, that is a huge bummer. Especially with 2 different views: Republicans and Democrats. One day soon enough, we might see the light of the real world.
@phattown213 In an attempt to be witty, all that you did was reveal your own short-sidedness. Feynman didn't "argue" from a "new" point of view. He tried to VIEW things in ANOTHER point of view than what was widely accepted. He did this to try and better understand things, not try and look for thumbs up on youtube or a rise in popularity by people he may or may not have known.
@phattown213 So WTF does Poe's law have to do with this? You attempted a parody and failed at it because you didn't fully understand what Feynman was talking about. Once again, trying to be witty but end up looking like a jackass that is caught up on not only getting thumbs up on youtube, but now on internet memes. Good job. Good luck with that.
@pnggolfer9 I've learned from a great lesson that it's hard to speak sense to those who lack the principle of morality. They gain the strengths of ignorance and is stuck within the modern MTV sociocultural evolution.
Haha so funny hearing him pronounce the birds name in different languages. In the book "Feynmans rainbow" the author talks about how when he worked with Feynman, Richard would always try to pronounce different of cities names and such in diff languages.
@Happyascanbe1 Religions aren't something we all subscribe to, and religion (or false ideas) are probably something that wouldn't be unknown even to an alien race.
@Happyascanbe1 Religions aren't something we all subscribe to, and religion (or false ideas) are probably something that wouldn't be unknown even to an alien race.
I don't think that he likes the interviewer. I bet that he's trying to be smart with Richard and he can sense that -- just look at Richard's face when he talks.
This is wonderful, he was such an original thinker. I had the good fortune to meet him once when I was at Caltech. This was when scanning tunneling microscopy had but broken on the scene and he started talking to me about what you could and couldn't do with it (unfortunately, I was of little help).
Feynman is exactly the way scientists should be when they approach ideas. It's all too easy to get caught up and think you know it all, I do it all the time. It's important to question what you know.
I think he made the decision to be happy and just rolled with it. It's almost like he treats happiness like a buffet table by openly sampling thought, info and experience.(I'm sure he wasn't happy all the time...but he seemed to make it work).
@HerlockSholmes123 I think it's because he's one of those lucky people who've retained an almost child-like wonder about the world, despite knowing so much, he's wise enough to realise that even he doesnt know a fraction of all that there is to know.
brusthing your teeth with toothpaste is very bad for you and the instructions on toothpaste warns you to go straight for medical help if you swallow more than a pea full size of it. feynman is the peoples champion, he talks to his fellowman, not down to them.
@nds87 No it doesn't - tests repeatedly confirm that fluoride toothpaste reduces the rate of cavities in users, and there are minor adverse effects. Fluoride consumption is dangerous at a high levels but the benefits of using it on teeth come with using small amounts which are not dangerous.
@irishgeal1 No, that's not exactly true. It's bad for you to swallow it, yeah, but fluoride strengthens the teeth by reducing the rate of enamel decay. You also missed Feynman's point entirely. He wasn't saying brushing your teeth is useless. He was saying that an outside observer could look at our daily rituals that aren't immediately obvious as useful and conclude they are just "witchcraft."
he is just a film character in the reality ,what a man ,really inconceivable scientist ,funny american .i don't have words to describe him ,maybe using american slang to describe you seems not bad.truly impressed by his story.
@egodrive Give me a brake, he was one of the greatest scientist of the 20th century, at least top 3. If there was more the 2 people even remotely like Feynman alive today I would be shocked. His level of genius is rare, and at best we are slightly less likely to not repress his ideas today then when he lived.
@Loathomar I think you interpreted what I said slightly the wrong way. I think the world would be much better off with more people like him. He was an atheist. So yea.. I don't know what your problem is. :p
@egodrive And Ernestine was a theist, so less of him would be great, right? Oh wait... Theist or atheist, they are both incredible geniuses and I don't thing it will change the number of true geniuses in the world if the whole world was atheist. Maybe a few more geniuses will use there time for secular studies rather then religious, but that really the only change when it comes to geniuses.
@Loathomar Yea, and Plato was a polytheist, look whatever. My point is that science will proof all religions to be superstition, all geniuses whether they were aware of it or not helped us get there. They all helped uncovering the truth as opposed to beliefs.
The strange thing for me about watching Feynman, is that everything he says seems like common sense that I've already thought of. Then I see other people call him a genius and a great philosopher, and I realize this isn't how the average Joe thinks. This doesn't make me feel smart, but rather makes me feel that the average person is quite stupid.
And of course, now I come off as an arrogant prick.
I do not want to be exactly like this great man. But some of his qualities, like what TheeVoiceOfReason pointed out to be "a skill of creativity while always thinking critically" and the jubilance he displays in this interview is something that I strive to emulate, for these are fundamental human characteristics that naturally foster content & potential for greatness in your desired field of study.
Developing a skill of creativity while always thinking critically is a mind at it's best. Einstein might be a historic example of that and in a way I see Feynman that way too.
Thanks for sharing. It's true that the "mundane" ideas in life bring into focus the beautiful interactions occurring, literally, in front of all of us everyday.
The next time you look at the moon, see it for the sphere it is.
There is a video where Feynman goes on for a while about an idea, asserting that he's discovered a truth in life. And he stops all of a sudden, and smiles, and says "I take it back", because he's remembered a fact that contradicts his statement. He apologizes, and he explains this new fact and how it changes his perspective on the issue.
That is the mark of a great human being. He isn't even embarrased by the mistake, he's elated to discover a new truth.
@7j8i9m I fail to comprehend how your comment has any purpose at all. So because he can admit he's wrong just like the rest of the population he somehow transfigures into this super-being?
@mnagmobile the thing is, most people or atleast alot of people can not admit they are wrong, even when handed evidence that contradicts their statement. Some people takes it further and creates their own truth or tries to bend their statement so that it can not be attacked or criticised by reason. He means that Feynman has an open mind and thus a person worth admiring.
@Albertolo1928@mnagmobile 'Albertolo1928's spot on. Such a degree of intellectual honesty, integrity and humility is quite rare among brilliant thinkers. Usually their massive egos get in the way.
"No doubt, you despise religion" Ha:) So that's what it is. Well sir, you will be so disappointed when we will find out what causes consciousness. Apparently this is your strongest point that you use to still to hold on to your religious beliefs. You believe in magical daddies in the sky and you want me to take your word for what you don't understand? Sir, you failed big time.
@likeroby, I'M NOT RELIGIOUS, BUT I KNOW THOSE WHO ARE OBSESSED WITH CLAIMING CONSCIOUSNESS MUST BE MATTER ARE AGAINST RELIGION, and for that reason, refuse to present any science because they have none and fear they are playing into the hands of religious people.
@likeroby, GIVE ME THE SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE THAT MATTER CAUSES CONSCIOUSNESS OR SHUT THE HELL UP.
Explain the colour red to me in physical terms. If, as you say, conscious experience bears plenty of resemblance to the matter world, explain the colours I see, the pain I feel, the flavours I taste, the sounds I hear in PHYSICAL TERMS.
Semir Zeki also praised Margaret Thatcher, calling her a prudent spender, when she wasted hundreds of billions of the UK's money on making people unemployed.
@JayDee98765 Is that so?? Well in that case, sir, I hereby demand you present the patent documents for this claim, so that I may scrutinize it personally! I shall say no more!
@MarkArandjus Ah, the documents, yes, there was some confusion about suspicious stains, im not allowed to say any more on the matter. Good day to you sir!
@green66vw nope just a typical human being who happened to be in the right place at the right time to answer some problems. For every person like him there are millions with just as much potential that all goes to waste.
For as long as I can remember I've known names don't constitute knowledge. Sure, knowing the names of a few things help improve your memory, but it doesn't mean you're smart. I also hate it when other people think their such a dam genius bcuz they have a better memory than someone else, it's pathetic, condescending and very stupid. I have easily one of the best memories in my class and I know that doesn't make me a genius, being like Richard Fineman and other great discoverers does.
2:52 shows the village where I was brought up. 3:15 is near at the bottom of my house. I'd walk up those cobbles to school. Amazing to see them here; I think it's because Feynman married a woman from neighbouring town Ripponden.
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Fuck Feynman and his retarded legacy. He left the world into a bigger shit. Thumb me if you agree. Go slap your bongos with your floppy dick feynman and pour orange juice on your balls.
@GutterRomantic Feynman said that 10,000 years from now, human scientists would say James Clerk Maxwell would be most esteemed. He's usually right but it might just be Richard Feynman.
Both Richard Feynman and James Clerk Maxwell were equally awesome. Feynman was smart, positive, and a true plebeian (one of the common people... you can tell based on how he talks.) Maxwell was an obscure nerd who could have been marginalized by a cruel society and yet he made it possible for us to have radio and TV and more because of his personal curiosity and intelligence.
@GutterRomantic becouse death have the abitudine off inflating past life, is the same whit artists and everything else, they are now inacessible , like in a restrict clube that the living cannot enter.
this man is so strong...brilliant...
ScienceMusicSports 2 days ago
Apparently his IQ was only 124. I call bullshit. My IQ was tested at 148 and I'll concede that Feynman's intelligence is so far removed from mine that I might as well be hanging from a tree picking ants out of my ass hair. Honestly, he's a genius.
LongandGeneric 2 weeks ago 3
@LongandGeneric Yeah. I'm sure, had he taken a test later in life, he would've scored higher. I don't think he was insecure enough to feel the need to measure his I.Q. penis so he could whip it out in front of others, though. He was too busy changing the world. :)
GeetarAdam 1 week ago
@LongandGeneric IQ tests are like bikinis, what they show definitely gives clues, but what they don't show is essential :)
cristinaGlopez 3 days ago
Anyone who likes this and haven't read "Surely You're Joking. Mr Feynman" should really read it. A funny book about some of all the crazy and interesting things Richard Feynman got himself into.
SimaanFreeloader 4 weeks ago
I could listen to this guy for hours, even though his voice reminds me of Yogi Bear. :)
capricious71 1 month ago 4
@TheRisingf23: Pretty simple. In his scientific career Feynman has never relied much on others' ideas. When he had to solve a problem he started thinking about it without caring much about what others did in the past, and he frequently solved it. That's why he thinks history of ideas is irrilevant.
ulisse2penelope 1 month ago
@ulisse2penelope thanks
TheRisingof23 1 month ago
can anyone one explain what he means by the history of the ideas is irrelevant?
TheRisingof23 1 month ago
whether you are right or wrong, u'r right!
husbathu 1 month ago
I am so glad that eyeearbrain.webs.com sent me here. Best talk ever!
henceseventytwo 1 month ago
Open minded GENIUS of a man.
Razwell 1 month ago
When I listen Richard Feynman I just want to know stuff!
rdabbott 1 month ago
People look at me like I'm a Martian all the time...
2eelShmeal 1 month ago in playlist RICHARD FEYNMAN Fun To Imagine
14 dislikes? They shouldn't even have the dislike button on certain videos..
adwaitbhagwat 1 month ago 3
@adwaitbhagwat lmao
cpk9999 1 month ago
The true Man, myth, and legend.
skydome29 2 months ago
In finding the answer, it is sometimes easier to think of nothing.
Argibon 2 months ago 14
he's just the nicest guy in the world
CosItsAHardNotLife 2 months ago
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Hey Ricky, you so Feyn, you so Feyn you blow my mind, yeah Ricky!
bvespertine 2 months ago
One of my father's advisor during his Phd program at Caltech
wu4533 2 months ago
when i was i kid till now with a problem i think of certain things to find the answer. What is yours?
oneantwest 2 months ago
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Knowing the name of something doesn't mean you know about it. Nice statement!
life1306 2 months ago
WHAT'S THE NAME OF THE VIOLING TUNE AFTER JETHRO TULL INTRO???
THANKS FOR YOUR HELP
fervariba 3 months ago
@fervariba "Living in the Past" Jethro Tull
TurkiyeCumhurbaskani 3 months ago 3
Consider your spouses or lovers morning breath. Is it a good thing or a bad thing for them to brush their teeth? it is a good thing that they brush their teeth before kissing them, it is true brushing teeth is very important to the continuation of our species through procreation. If you don't brush your teeth no one will ever have sex with you.
StrongHeartLives 3 months ago
@StrongHeartLives lol
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autumntree2011 3 months ago
I wish EVERYONE could open their mind and think through things logically without personal relation and feelings... What a world that would be..
frankd14321 3 months ago 40
@frankd14321 Though it might seem like the "perfect" world, it wouldn't be. What's a world worth living without any imperfect factors? Feynman even talks about the beauty of a flower and how he simply enjoys playing the bongo. A world without personal relation and feelings would no longer be a unique world, just a blank one. One example is, this video; the video informs you but it also touches your feelings. It moves many others. This is why you have a wish.
MrMikeDao 1 month ago 3
@MrMikeDao I should have been more clear. If people put aside their personal feelings and relations and thought through things logically there wouldn't be so much war, crime, and hate... That is the world I would want to live in. If you would still want those awful things than good for you.
frankd14321 1 month ago
@frankd14321 Yeah, that is a huge bummer. Especially with 2 different views: Republicans and Democrats. One day soon enough, we might see the light of the real world.
MrMikeDao 1 month ago
i wish he was my dad :( but then again who doesn't?
zinazina11 4 months ago 2
He was an artist lookng for a new way to see.
breaneainn 4 months ago
feynman is a nutjob. a total waste of a space and a crazy human being...don't blame me, I'm just trying to argue from a new point of view.
phattown213 4 months ago
@phattown213 In an attempt to be witty, all that you did was reveal your own short-sidedness. Feynman didn't "argue" from a "new" point of view. He tried to VIEW things in ANOTHER point of view than what was widely accepted. He did this to try and better understand things, not try and look for thumbs up on youtube or a rise in popularity by people he may or may not have known.
pnggolfer9 4 months ago
@pnggolfer9 google Poe's Law dumbass and get off of Feynan's dead nuts.
phattown213 4 months ago
@phattown213 So WTF does Poe's law have to do with this? You attempted a parody and failed at it because you didn't fully understand what Feynman was talking about. Once again, trying to be witty but end up looking like a jackass that is caught up on not only getting thumbs up on youtube, but now on internet memes. Good job. Good luck with that.
pnggolfer9 4 months ago
@pnggolfer9 thumbs up? memes? parodies? damn bro i mustve stuck a nerve. chill out bro and stop bitchin.
phattown213 4 months ago
@pnggolfer9 I've learned from a great lesson that it's hard to speak sense to those who lack the principle of morality. They gain the strengths of ignorance and is stuck within the modern MTV sociocultural evolution.
MrMikeDao 1 month ago
Is that columbo?
ImMichaelTaylor 4 months ago
Haha so funny hearing him pronounce the birds name in different languages. In the book "Feynmans rainbow" the author talks about how when he worked with Feynman, Richard would always try to pronounce different of cities names and such in diff languages.
TheKturner05 4 months ago
In a world ridden with religious bullshit as this, he could only come up with teeth brushing?
Happyascanbe1 4 months ago
@Happyascanbe1 Religions aren't something we all subscribe to, and religion (or false ideas) are probably something that wouldn't be unknown even to an alien race.
Task5003 4 months ago
@Task5003
We don't all subscribe to tooth brushing either. ;-)
Happyascanbe1 4 months ago
@Happyascanbe1 Religions aren't something we all subscribe to, and religion (or false ideas) are probably something that wouldn't be unknown even to an alien race.
Task5003 4 months ago
I don't think that he likes the interviewer. I bet that he's trying to be smart with Richard and he can sense that -- just look at Richard's face when he talks.
sansnomouage 5 months ago
The Jethro Tull background music sounds highly appropriate for some reason.
jezmundberserker 5 months ago
~♡~
mswhistlebillie 5 months ago
He really turned me off to wanting to brush my teeth lol
SterlingSilverArcher 5 months ago
This is wonderful, he was such an original thinker. I had the good fortune to meet him once when I was at Caltech. This was when scanning tunneling microscopy had but broken on the scene and he started talking to me about what you could and couldn't do with it (unfortunately, I was of little help).
aes53 5 months ago
@aes53 You lucky s.o.b.
skydome29 4 months ago
ahhh.. I wish I had a mind like his..
juugoolart 5 months ago
This guy is new to me thanks.
wideosvatcher 5 months ago
The way this guy talks reminds me of Billy Crystal.
SirGriefALot 5 months ago
Feynman is exactly the way scientists should be when they approach ideas. It's all too easy to get caught up and think you know it all, I do it all the time. It's important to question what you know.
genericmember1 5 months ago 3
Living in the Past!
jfleminator 6 months ago
@jfleminator I wouldnt if I were you. It's a nice enough place to visit but I wouldnt want to live there.
comanchio1976 6 months ago
i luv this freakin man
vdofam 6 months ago
I always find him so DUMB sounding, but so smart!!
mdervish15 6 months ago
I think he made the decision to be happy and just rolled with it. It's almost like he treats happiness like a buffet table by openly sampling thought, info and experience.(I'm sure he wasn't happy all the time...but he seemed to make it work).
pepperrgirl 7 months ago
Why's he so happy?
HerlockSholmes123 7 months ago
@HerlockSholmes123 I think it's because he's one of those lucky people who've retained an almost child-like wonder about the world, despite knowing so much, he's wise enough to realise that even he doesnt know a fraction of all that there is to know.
comanchio1976 6 months ago
@HerlockSholmes123 Probably because he had a job that he loved.
sexyloser 5 months ago
feynman rules
joanindo 7 months ago
The funniest truth. Any more and I'd laugh myself sick over frogs. *h2g2
breaneainn 7 months ago
I've seen this many times and every time I see it I get pleasantly surprised by "Living In The Past". :))
martindj88 7 months ago
The intro is like a 70s detective show - Great Show ;)
dilwich123 7 months ago
of course it's good to brush your teeth.
surfaceslider 8 months ago
Mr Feynman is like detective Columbo!
JoeyMars1 8 months ago
Such a great teacher.
alachabre 8 months ago
you still know nothing about the bird! everybody knows that the bird is the word!
Kaeralho 8 months ago
Thank you for sharing this, aaron.
YourBrainOnReligion 8 months ago
brusthing your teeth with toothpaste is very bad for you and the instructions on toothpaste warns you to go straight for medical help if you swallow more than a pea full size of it. feynman is the peoples champion, he talks to his fellowman, not down to them.
irishgeal1 8 months ago 3
@irishgeal1 Fluoride toothpaste is pretty horrific and causes the exact conditions it says its supposed to prevent LOL
nds87 8 months ago
@nds87 No it doesn't - tests repeatedly confirm that fluoride toothpaste reduces the rate of cavities in users, and there are minor adverse effects. Fluoride consumption is dangerous at a high levels but the benefits of using it on teeth come with using small amounts which are not dangerous.
mattwetmore 8 months ago
@irishgeal1 No, that's not exactly true. It's bad for you to swallow it, yeah, but fluoride strengthens the teeth by reducing the rate of enamel decay. You also missed Feynman's point entirely. He wasn't saying brushing your teeth is useless. He was saying that an outside observer could look at our daily rituals that aren't immediately obvious as useful and conclude they are just "witchcraft."
mattwetmore 8 months ago
@mattwetmore lol, yeah you just keep putting that stuff in your mouth, i will stick to a toothbrush and wood soot.
irishgeal1 8 months ago
When we were gods...
bersa888 8 months ago 2
Love the Jethro Tull intro :)
toprankingsound 8 months ago 9
11 people only know the name of the bird
anemu2 8 months ago 3
"I'd hate to die twice. It's so boring."
drrobertoboogie97 8 months ago 2
Cant believe such humans lived, loved and died..
humayun360 9 months ago
he is just a film character in the reality ,what a man ,really inconceivable scientist ,funny american .i don't have words to describe him ,maybe using american slang to describe you seems not bad.truly impressed by his story.
martinliao1992 9 months ago
Richard Feynman actually never calculated anything. He just KNOWS what’s happening and equations just pop out of nowhere. True story.
BlackBeardDelight187 9 months ago
its true people tend to just accept what we do without thinking about it
StoryWB 9 months ago
the world misses persons like Feynman so much.
HairyPotter2012 9 months ago 109
@HairyPotter2012 Wow that was really gay.
mnagmobile 7 months ago
a world full of feynmans ... now that's an atheistic future !
egodrive 6 months ago
@egodrive Give me a brake, he was one of the greatest scientist of the 20th century, at least top 3. If there was more the 2 people even remotely like Feynman alive today I would be shocked. His level of genius is rare, and at best we are slightly less likely to not repress his ideas today then when he lived.
Loathomar 5 months ago
@Loathomar I think you interpreted what I said slightly the wrong way. I think the world would be much better off with more people like him. He was an atheist. So yea.. I don't know what your problem is. :p
egodrive 5 months ago
@egodrive And Ernestine was a theist, so less of him would be great, right? Oh wait... Theist or atheist, they are both incredible geniuses and I don't thing it will change the number of true geniuses in the world if the whole world was atheist. Maybe a few more geniuses will use there time for secular studies rather then religious, but that really the only change when it comes to geniuses.
Loathomar 5 months ago
@Loathomar Yea, and Plato was a polytheist, look whatever. My point is that science will proof all religions to be superstition, all geniuses whether they were aware of it or not helped us get there. They all helped uncovering the truth as opposed to beliefs.
egodrive 5 months ago
He said History will never repeat herself! Yippee!
zoewolf 10 months ago
Everybody know fluoride plus calcium appetite goes to floral appetite.
nicoheckens1 10 months ago
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this guy needs to get laid
logant44 10 months ago
@logant44 Oh, he did. Several wives in fact. And probably more times than you.
dragoneer59 10 months ago
@logant44 Not only did this man have wives, he even used to go to orgies. Don’t assume because you make an ass out of yourself, douchefag.
BlackBeardDelight187 9 months ago
@logant44 Oh, he did. Probably more than most of us.
agresticumbra 9 months ago
Damn,I wish I were a genius. Every time I try to see the world from another point of view, people tell me to shut the hell up.
MomoTheBellyDancer 10 months ago 2
@MomoTheBellyDancer It's just because they're afraid you might discover something they couldn't see :) Don't listen to them.
Maxmuetze 8 months ago
Best. Dad. Ever.
WatsonAndrew1993 10 months ago
Living in the Past!
jfleminator 10 months ago
The strange thing for me about watching Feynman, is that everything he says seems like common sense that I've already thought of. Then I see other people call him a genius and a great philosopher, and I realize this isn't how the average Joe thinks. This doesn't make me feel smart, but rather makes me feel that the average person is quite stupid.
And of course, now I come off as an arrogant prick.
ChudFapper 10 months ago
@ChudFapper
I think the reason people call him a genius is more to do with his physics research.... how is your nobel prize coming along?
christhemountain 10 months ago
He sounds like a genius NY cab driver
phraedusthamusicdigr 10 months ago
watch?v=_ah7f-1M2Sg please watch his face when hes saying people were dying ....i hate people who want to see only what they want
esraretin 10 months ago
how can you dislike this video? I cannot understand
waitwhatwasthat 11 months ago
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Kagius23 11 months ago
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@waitwhatwasthat a few scared religious fanatics shouldn't confuse you.
Kagius23 11 months ago
I do not want to be exactly like this great man. But some of his qualities, like what TheeVoiceOfReason pointed out to be "a skill of creativity while always thinking critically" and the jubilance he displays in this interview is something that I strive to emulate, for these are fundamental human characteristics that naturally foster content & potential for greatness in your desired field of study.
FissionNonStop 11 months ago
Developing a skill of creativity while always thinking critically is a mind at it's best. Einstein might be a historic example of that and in a way I see Feynman that way too.
TheeVoiceOfReason 11 months ago
Seeing this man talking is a lesson of how to live I think.
sdegrace 11 months ago
If we taught our children to think and solve problems we would have millions of original critical thinkers rather then just a special few.
liveordie1966 11 months ago
@liveordie1966
Not just critical thinking.
We also need to teach kids the skill of creativity.
The3nlightened0ne 11 months ago
The thing I hold dearest is my ability to always question what I think is absolute. I thank Feynman for this. R.I.P. Richard.
1isaacmusic 1 year ago
Great video!
Thanks for sharing. It's true that the "mundane" ideas in life bring into focus the beautiful interactions occurring, literally, in front of all of us everyday.
The next time you look at the moon, see it for the sphere it is.
TheEntropianist 1 year ago
There is a video where Feynman goes on for a while about an idea, asserting that he's discovered a truth in life. And he stops all of a sudden, and smiles, and says "I take it back", because he's remembered a fact that contradicts his statement. He apologizes, and he explains this new fact and how it changes his perspective on the issue.
That is the mark of a great human being. He isn't even embarrased by the mistake, he's elated to discover a new truth.
7j8i9m 1 year ago 195
@7j8i9m sounds like half my physics professors
FroDude2005 8 months ago
@7j8i9m I fail to comprehend how your comment has any purpose at all. So because he can admit he's wrong just like the rest of the population he somehow transfigures into this super-being?
mnagmobile 7 months ago
@mnagmobile the thing is, most people or atleast alot of people can not admit they are wrong, even when handed evidence that contradicts their statement. Some people takes it further and creates their own truth or tries to bend their statement so that it can not be attacked or criticised by reason. He means that Feynman has an open mind and thus a person worth admiring.
Basram 7 months ago
@mnagmobile This is scientific honesty. He writes about it in "surely, you're joking Mr Feynman" (last chapter, I think). And it's not that common.
Albertolo1928 7 months ago
@Albertolo1928 @mnagmobile 'Albertolo1928's spot on. Such a degree of intellectual honesty, integrity and humility is quite rare among brilliant thinkers. Usually their massive egos get in the way.
comanchio1976 6 months ago
@mnagmobile Actually, it's "scientific integrity".
Albertolo1928 7 months ago
@7j8i9m wheres that video ?
b1ackic3 7 months ago
@b1ackic3 Oh, I think it's in part 4 of this series, I've just come across it.
deejayedwards 6 months ago
@7j8i9m You have to share where this video is. I'm very interested, would you care to post it here or send me a message please?
deejayedwards 6 months ago
@7j8i9m
It's only people who can admit that they are wrong who can discover anything new.
JamesThWilliams 5 months ago
Wow. I wish I could have been able to take a class or even talk with Feynman. That would have been a real honour indeed.
FuzzyConstant 1 year ago
pause @ 1:17
BlackBeardDelight187 1 year ago
"No doubt, you despise religion" Ha:) So that's what it is. Well sir, you will be so disappointed when we will find out what causes consciousness. Apparently this is your strongest point that you use to still to hold on to your religious beliefs. You believe in magical daddies in the sky and you want me to take your word for what you don't understand? Sir, you failed big time.
likeroby 1 year ago
@likeroby, I'M NOT RELIGIOUS, BUT I KNOW THOSE WHO ARE OBSESSED WITH CLAIMING CONSCIOUSNESS MUST BE MATTER ARE AGAINST RELIGION, and for that reason, refuse to present any science because they have none and fear they are playing into the hands of religious people.
mikey0000 1 year ago
@likeroby, GIVE ME THE SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE THAT MATTER CAUSES CONSCIOUSNESS OR SHUT THE HELL UP.
Explain the colour red to me in physical terms. If, as you say, conscious experience bears plenty of resemblance to the matter world, explain the colours I see, the pain I feel, the flavours I taste, the sounds I hear in PHYSICAL TERMS.
Semir Zeki also praised Margaret Thatcher, calling her a prudent spender, when she wasted hundreds of billions of the UK's money on making people unemployed.
mikey0000 1 year ago
@likeroby, Semir Zeki, a prominent neuroscientist can't even research politics properly! I certainly don't trust his views on consciousness.
mikey0000 1 year ago
@mikey0000 Is there someone who's views you trust? If yes, who?
likeroby 1 year ago
@likeroby, I trust people who are objective and back up their assertions with evidence. You're not one of them. End of chat!
mikey0000 1 year ago
@mikey0000 Who is one of them?
likeroby 1 year ago
I think every science book needs a sentence at the end: here we need some new ideas.
panzarw 1 year ago
i brush my teeth because my parents said, "did you brush your teeth" because my breath smelled
lockandkeynes 1 year ago
so far 11 religious zealots accidentally listened to the first 30 seconds of this video
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siththee 1 year ago
I know how he felt; when I was a kid I invented masturbation only to find out it had already been invented ages ago :/ I was denied my brilliance!
MarkArandjus 1 year ago 74
@MarkArandjus Mate, that was me, you dont actually think you own the rights to that discovery do you!?
JayDee98765 1 year ago
@JayDee98765 Is that so?? Well in that case, sir, I hereby demand you present the patent documents for this claim, so that I may scrutinize it personally! I shall say no more!
MarkArandjus 1 year ago
@MarkArandjus Ah, the documents, yes, there was some confusion about suspicious stains, im not allowed to say any more on the matter. Good day to you sir!
JayDee98765 1 year ago
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MarkArandjus 1 year ago
Take that label and question a step further. "why do you only discover your genius after you die?" The answer is in the question.
kennajames 1 year ago
Neil DeGrasse Tyson and Richard Dawkins possess close to the genius Richard Feynman, but they are not him.
tike0rz 1 year ago
Jethro Tull-Living in the past
mitrospecto 1 year ago
This is probably the smartest man that has ever lived.
green66vw 1 year ago
@green66vw nope just a typical human being who happened to be in the right place at the right time to answer some problems. For every person like him there are millions with just as much potential that all goes to waste.
mentalrectangle 1 year ago
@mentalrectangle I agree a bit but it's kind of hard to call richard feynman a typical human being
beautifulopusoflove 1 year ago
He is wrong bernouilli numbers were inventd in 18th century :)
bytedildo 1 year ago
@bytedildo 1739 was in the 18th century
tparker37 1 year ago
@tparker37 Excatly! But he said they were invented in 17th century i think :)
bytedildo 1 year ago
For as long as I can remember I've known names don't constitute knowledge. Sure, knowing the names of a few things help improve your memory, but it doesn't mean you're smart. I also hate it when other people think their such a dam genius bcuz they have a better memory than someone else, it's pathetic, condescending and very stupid. I have easily one of the best memories in my class and I know that doesn't make me a genius, being like Richard Fineman and other great discoverers does.
TheAlexander356 1 year ago
2:52 shows the village where I was brought up. 3:15 is near at the bottom of my house. I'd walk up those cobbles to school. Amazing to see them here; I think it's because Feynman married a woman from neighbouring town Ripponden.
ThatLovelyEnglishBob 1 year ago
"The most feared and original mind in modern physics!"
Wonderful :D
havik1 1 year ago
" HOW ABOUT PROVEDENTIAL INSIGHT ? "
MrDAVIDEO84 1 year ago
@2112murphy This made me laugh, but maybe your dad was teaching you to not trust everything you hear, not even from him.
Sconz32 1 year ago
Wisdom.
Sconz32 1 year ago
Eh, you don't become unconscious when you sleep, you just switch states.
Geebsee 1 year ago
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Fuck Feynman and his retarded legacy. He left the world into a bigger shit. Thumb me if you agree. Go slap your bongos with your floppy dick feynman and pour orange juice on your balls.
niguhfag 1 year ago
@niguhfag Ok I'll thumb you... DOWN
z0tx 1 year ago
@z0tx thx bro
niguhfag 1 year ago
@niguhfag Please leave. Nobody wishes to read a completely ridiculous comment from an attention seeking child.
CRISNCHIPS12398 1 year ago
@CRISNCHIPS12398 How do I leave? Is there a leave button somewhere? And the only child i see is the retard that is feynman
niguhfag 1 year ago
@niguhfag Leave as in stop viewing these videos in the sole purpose of making "troll" comments. You are the only child here.
CRISNCHIPS12398 1 year ago
@CRISNCHIPS12398 Thats not what i said. Its feynman who is the stupid child. Bye the way, im flagging all the feynman videos i can find.
niguhfag 1 year ago
@niguhfag
i would also appreciate it if you left
mattygersh 1 year ago
@mattygersh WHO THE FUCK ASKED YOU!?! I would appreciated if you give me a hand job.
niguhfag 1 year ago
Feynman's legacy will continue.
tecteh1 1 year ago
Richard Feynman talked very fondly of his father, I which my relationship with my father as a kid had been like that.
FractalBolt 1 year ago 3
Why do I only discover these geniuses after they DIE?
GutterRomantic 1 year ago 68
@GutterRomantic Feynman said that 10,000 years from now, human scientists would say James Clerk Maxwell would be most esteemed. He's usually right but it might just be Richard Feynman.
1empathy 1 year ago 17
@1empathy
Both Richard Feynman and James Clerk Maxwell were equally awesome. Feynman was smart, positive, and a true plebeian (one of the common people... you can tell based on how he talks.) Maxwell was an obscure nerd who could have been marginalized by a cruel society and yet he made it possible for us to have radio and TV and more because of his personal curiosity and intelligence.
libertyprog 1 year ago
@GutterRomantic becouse death have the abitudine off inflating past life, is the same whit artists and everything else, they are now inacessible , like in a restrict clube that the living cannot enter.
lcabosa 1 year ago
@GutterRomantic
Lol, because the vast majority of geniuses that have ever lived, are now dead...
chebob2009 1 year ago