The brilliance is; many people believe you need to have a super high IQ, for example 160, to become a great thinker or physicist. He "only" had an IQ of 124. He is a BIG inspiration.
odds are that people who clicked dislike, actually missed the like button. and this natural resultant is so much stronger and relevant than what moves someone who deliberately clicks dislike
Feynman doesn't need a uniform to be respected. I would even admire him if he hadn't got the nobel prize, another type of uniform btw. He himself didn't like it.
@elimik31 word. the nobel prizes have noble origins, but we're all getting sick of hearing about it. "Nobel laureate Luc Montiger teleports DNA!" etc. Calls for science and reason apply to philosophical and moral issues too
@elimik31 Nobel prize is not a uniform (at least in physics). It is given for "Something" and this "Something" defines Feynman as on of greatest physicist. Personally I don't take into account Nobel Prize too much, but rather this thing that he did which was awarded by this honor.
I truly believe that if education was reformed to fit people's interests at all times,, a lot more people could become as smart as he is. Sadly, 90% of the population doesn't give a fuck about learning stuff.
If he "believed" that it was senseless to do anything, that means he changed his mind up to the time of that interview, and I wonder what was it that changed that particular point of view, cause right now, when I look at the World and the general situation in the World, I almost know that we will destroy ourselfs if not in another religion war then in another war for power.
A lot of Feynman's stories about his father have inspired me to do a lot of these things with my son. My wee boy isn't top of the class because he messes about too much, but every single teacher has said he is a step above most. And best of all, if you can do this, you get such a great bond with your kids. He just recently came up with an idea similar to the anthropic principle on his own. "we wouldnt be to see it if it was different" wonderful man for so many reasons.
@Ecite, I mean cowering down from your responsibilities as a human, that is making choices and knowing that sometimes they might not be the correct ones but at least you don't run from them. I do not compare my thoughts and actions to societies, I try and make them my own. Basically I would be a coward in my own self, my own rational mind...I think that's worse than what society would or could think of me.
@clespota, I could not agree more, but I always ask myself this question. What if I hold back? what if I do not choose and people parish anyway...not only would I be a coward, but run the risk of always wondering should I have picked the lesser of two evils? would that have made a difference? Tell me this, is it not also equally evil to dismiss responsibility? To refrain from an action, is also an action, do you not agree? I would love to hear some thoughts from anyone.
@clespota You're right, we weren't actually in a war. We must have been pretending.
I think you disqualified yourself from any serious moral argument by stating the people who scare you the most are the ones who try to minimize human suffering.
is it wierd that hardly anybody in the US thinks about how we are the only country in the history of the world to use an atomic weapon on another country, civilians let alone. we stepped over the line to punish those who stepped over the line in another way. whos better?
I think you might try and understand the context, anjundoobies. Think of how many people died during WWII compared to the actual bomb. We've been taught how many people would have died in a land invasion of Japan. We know that even after Hiroshima and Nagasaki, it was 50/50 in Japan whether to surrender or fight to the death.
The bomb saved a lot of lives, but without understanding context, your imagination can run wild.
@Olsonic - That's very true, however, could they not have dropped the bomb 10 miles off the coast of Japan in a "Look, we have one of these and we will use it on you" type of action?
Well, After bombing 67 Japanese cities, they still didn't surrender. (We asked for their unconditional surrender in the postdam declaration in which we stated Japan would face "prompt and utter destruction.").
Then we actually dropped the nuke on Hiroshima, and they still didn't surrender. So its unlikely that they would have surrendered to a threat of a nuclear bomb when they didn't surrender to an actual drop of an atomic bomb.
@Hardysamnin - I am not sure whether that would be enough. I assume that in your case the Japanese government would have tried to keep this explosion a secret, and not to let their people now about it. Maybe that's not possible today, but at that time, without modern communication, any knowledge on the bomb and the will to fight until death which many people had, I think Japan would continue to fight.
Nevertheless, I think that better ways existed. Of course it is difficult to find them, but I believe there is always a way. Maybe to throw this bombs next to this cities or somethink like that. I don't know.
However, I don't want to judge anyone. Who can understand how the people in America felt at the time. The constant fear they had, the hope to be able to end this terrific war. Or how the people in Japan felt as well.
I suggest to watch the movie "Barefoot Gen". Very touching.
Another little known fact is that the japanese believed at the time that their leader was a god living on earth. And the Japanese didn't believe that their leader would send them into a suicidal war. I don't agree w the bombings, but the Japanese wouldn't have quit as long as their president/god was alive.
First, the sins of your fathers, the past, are there to learn from, not to be judged by them.
Then there's the question, would Jap capitulate if the bombs hadn't fallen? There's a chance they hadn't, hadn't they experience first hand the horrors of the bombs,the suffering of their people. And it gave a good lesson to other nations as well. I'm not saying it was a good thing, I'm not sure it was a necessary evil, but don't condone it, until you've carefully investigated into it
@luarionte It seems he was military uniform salesman which means he probably did not have formal education, but you can always educated yourself. My father is medical doctor and he was great student, but he is retarded idiot.
@luarionte no!!!!!!!!!!!!! thats the amazing thing! hes father was a military clothing businessman, with a rational mind thats all! he taught his son alwasy to doubt. why!? thing happend , can i test that?
Its a shame that videos like this have so few views when the mindless bullshit on youtube gets millions.
cjs2964 3 weeks ago
Christ almighty I wish some people had word bags and quotas.
KayAteChef 2 months ago
The brilliance is; many people believe you need to have a super high IQ, for example 160, to become a great thinker or physicist. He "only" had an IQ of 124. He is a BIG inspiration.
Jipzorowns 6 months ago
This man is not extraordinary... he is ordinary, ordinary in that he is the way a man should be. This is a great man.
vanflymen 6 months ago 4
Last part is same as what J.krishnamurti said.
vxt1024 6 months ago in playlist Richard Feinman Lectures
Shut your word-bag!
KokotTheMonkey 7 months ago
Such an interesting man.
porkypine1888 8 months ago
Holy crap, the more I listen to this guy, the better I feel about understanding concepts all together.
GuitarMannnnnn 9 months ago 3
the moment of silence....at 08:34 is that guilt ? Outstanding, brilliant, humane and very down to earth..
sivaprasad2020 9 months ago 4
I don't understand his explanation of why he didn't like some explanations of algebra.
brajamtho757 10 months ago
odds are that people who clicked dislike, actually missed the like button. and this natural resultant is so much stronger and relevant than what moves someone who deliberately clicks dislike
Kaeralho 10 months ago
who would ever down vote this!
theep16 1 year ago 3
@theep16 Losers who are not smart enough to appreciate the wonderful feeling of insight.
CassidyzBoo 1 month ago
LMAO at what he said at the end
0RobinHood1 1 year ago
Feynman doesn't need a uniform to be respected. I would even admire him if he hadn't got the nobel prize, another type of uniform btw. He himself didn't like it.
elimik31 1 year ago
@elimik31 word. the nobel prizes have noble origins, but we're all getting sick of hearing about it. "Nobel laureate Luc Montiger teleports DNA!" etc. Calls for science and reason apply to philosophical and moral issues too
InnerSmile72 1 year ago
@elimik31 Nobel prize is not a uniform (at least in physics). It is given for "Something" and this "Something" defines Feynman as on of greatest physicist. Personally I don't take into account Nobel Prize too much, but rather this thing that he did which was awarded by this honor.
chizhr 1 year ago
I truly believe that if education was reformed to fit people's interests at all times,, a lot more people could become as smart as he is. Sadly, 90% of the population doesn't give a fuck about learning stuff.
mafiamitzy 1 year ago 8
If he "believed" that it was senseless to do anything, that means he changed his mind up to the time of that interview, and I wonder what was it that changed that particular point of view, cause right now, when I look at the World and the general situation in the World, I almost know that we will destroy ourselfs if not in another religion war then in another war for power.
Vejita12 1 year ago
A lot of Feynman's stories about his father have inspired me to do a lot of these things with my son. My wee boy isn't top of the class because he messes about too much, but every single teacher has said he is a step above most. And best of all, if you can do this, you get such a great bond with your kids. He just recently came up with an idea similar to the anthropic principle on his own. "we wouldnt be to see it if it was different" wonderful man for so many reasons.
OlympicScientist 1 year ago 2
No dislikes; how refreshing.
andreaandrewmilnefan 1 year ago
that man... is now my PERSONAL HERO
Pan0621 1 year ago
@Ecite, I mean cowering down from your responsibilities as a human, that is making choices and knowing that sometimes they might not be the correct ones but at least you don't run from them. I do not compare my thoughts and actions to societies, I try and make them my own. Basically I would be a coward in my own self, my own rational mind...I think that's worse than what society would or could think of me.
touchinpun 1 year ago
what is he saying 1:28 - 1:30 ?
"few times in my life i was ....I said it was for my father"
partonfilaton 1 year ago
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LaserParody 1 year ago
@partonfilaton ~ I think he started one statement, and finished it with "I lied"...
LaserParody 1 year ago
@partonfilaton "I was uncom-- I lied" ie he was gonna say he was uncomfortable
LFZ15 1 year ago
@clespota, I could not agree more, but I always ask myself this question. What if I hold back? what if I do not choose and people parish anyway...not only would I be a coward, but run the risk of always wondering should I have picked the lesser of two evils? would that have made a difference? Tell me this, is it not also equally evil to dismiss responsibility? To refrain from an action, is also an action, do you not agree? I would love to hear some thoughts from anyone.
touchinpun 1 year ago
@touchinpun Being a coward..what do you mean? According to who?...Society?..Elaborate.
Ecite 1 year ago
@Olsonic I find people who consider "the lesser of two evils" as a compromise the most dangerous people on this planet.
clespota 1 year ago
@clespota You're right, we weren't actually in a war. We must have been pretending.
I think you disqualified yourself from any serious moral argument by stating the people who scare you the most are the ones who try to minimize human suffering.
Olsonic 1 year ago
The genius and the ordinary man, in one person - that's why Feynman is such a hero.
TheZanipolo 1 year ago 47
context or not we opened up a pandoras box
anjundoobies89 2 years ago
is it wierd that hardly anybody in the US thinks about how we are the only country in the history of the world to use an atomic weapon on another country, civilians let alone. we stepped over the line to punish those who stepped over the line in another way. whos better?
anjundoobies89 2 years ago 5
I think you might try and understand the context, anjundoobies. Think of how many people died during WWII compared to the actual bomb. We've been taught how many people would have died in a land invasion of Japan. We know that even after Hiroshima and Nagasaki, it was 50/50 in Japan whether to surrender or fight to the death.
The bomb saved a lot of lives, but without understanding context, your imagination can run wild.
Olsonic 2 years ago 4
@Olsonic - That's very true, however, could they not have dropped the bomb 10 miles off the coast of Japan in a "Look, we have one of these and we will use it on you" type of action?
Hardysamnin 2 years ago
@Hardysamnin
Well, After bombing 67 Japanese cities, they still didn't surrender. (We asked for their unconditional surrender in the postdam declaration in which we stated Japan would face "prompt and utter destruction.").
Then we actually dropped the nuke on Hiroshima, and they still didn't surrender. So its unlikely that they would have surrendered to a threat of a nuclear bomb when they didn't surrender to an actual drop of an atomic bomb.
Olsonic 2 years ago 2
@Hardysamnin - I am not sure whether that would be enough. I assume that in your case the Japanese government would have tried to keep this explosion a secret, and not to let their people now about it. Maybe that's not possible today, but at that time, without modern communication, any knowledge on the bomb and the will to fight until death which many people had, I think Japan would continue to fight.
elimik31 1 year ago
Nevertheless, I think that better ways existed. Of course it is difficult to find them, but I believe there is always a way. Maybe to throw this bombs next to this cities or somethink like that. I don't know.
However, I don't want to judge anyone. Who can understand how the people in America felt at the time. The constant fear they had, the hope to be able to end this terrific war. Or how the people in Japan felt as well.
I suggest to watch the movie "Barefoot Gen". Very touching.
elimik31 1 year ago
@Olsonic Your point is not ridiculous, but seriously if that really is all there is to it then you are the one not understanding the context.
bierbuik 1 year ago
Another little known fact is that the japanese believed at the time that their leader was a god living on earth. And the Japanese didn't believe that their leader would send them into a suicidal war. I don't agree w the bombings, but the Japanese wouldn't have quit as long as their president/god was alive.
buckfushes 1 year ago
@anjundoobies89
First, the sins of your fathers, the past, are there to learn from, not to be judged by them.
Then there's the question, would Jap capitulate if the bombs hadn't fallen? There's a chance they hadn't, hadn't they experience first hand the horrors of the bombs,the suffering of their people. And it gave a good lesson to other nations as well. I'm not saying it was a good thing, I'm not sure it was a necessary evil, but don't condone it, until you've carefully investigated into it
d3st88 1 year ago
i feel shitty for failing math at age 19 now. fuck me. i need to learn math to get like this guy. havent even done trig at 20.
anjundoobies89 2 years ago 2
thanks for this upload. This was a great man. i am watching this video 22 years after his death. He still inspires me.
nandeepshah85 2 years ago 2
RF had been misled by "people in costumes", the same ones that his father told him to disrespect, to follow the atomic bomb project.
He done it, not consciously but by his perfectionism as a science.
His comment about "changing the cause but he simply doesn't crossed from his mind" shows his was a noble man, but misled by them.
konenas 2 years ago
Was Feynman's father an educated man?
Because he seems to understand physics and actually made a very interesting question to his son!
luarionte 2 years ago
@luarionte It seems he was military uniform salesman which means he probably did not have formal education, but you can always educated yourself. My father is medical doctor and he was great student, but he is retarded idiot.
VelikiBedak 2 years ago 4
@luarionte no formal education. according to richard he was self taught, read many books.
jimmyti9cer 1 year ago
@luarionte no!!!!!!!!!!!!! thats the amazing thing! hes father was a military clothing businessman, with a rational mind thats all! he taught his son alwasy to doubt. why!? thing happend , can i test that?
cyclotane 1 year ago
What an extraordinary life story from an absolutely ordinary man.
iPREnZ 2 years ago
Ordinary? I'd like to hang out with your crowd if they are all as insightful, brilliant, and captivating as this man.
HobbyistX 2 years ago 52
@HobbyistX Ordinary meant down to earth, not a stereotypical pompous physicist.
bobstevefrank123 11 months ago
This guy is not ordinary.
DLPBurke 2 years ago 4
no shit sherlock
CCPlaetean 2 years ago
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RF was a perfectionist scientist and he mislead by people in costumes, the ones that his father despised.
konenas 3 years ago
How did he mislead people??
NoSz4 2 years ago
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he mislead by people in costumes
konenas 2 years ago
I don't even understand what your saying, it doesn't make any sense.
NoSz4 2 years ago