Feynman :: Rules of Chess

[busplunger]

Neutrinos are very fast.

[rahxephon52]

wow. 

[ryanwilk0]

Wow, such a good analogy.

[funatall20s]

Feynman is the BOSS

[Samanito7]

This guy gets it...

[SZYGY7]

An excellent exposition of Scientific method by a brilliant scientist.What I loved most about Richard Feynman was his playful sense of humor and practical joking:safecracking at Los Alamos and deliberately leaving classified documents lying around for a laugh.Must have been a headache for Security folk.The safecracking mullarkey just cracks me up.

[nicoeste8765]

i love this analogy its inspiring! i study phisycs and this is a very good analogy it is aopropiate. Every time we venture in quantum theory new theorys and phenomenons that are new, it is like a double sword, because we learn by discovering but it always leaves as much questions as it answers.

[Every1Tubes]

Scientists figure out the rules... engineers get to play the game.

[gregledbetter1]

@Every1Tubes  Different strokes, eh?

[kouluampuja96]

holy shit! it's castling!

[SeleNazzy]

>Listening to Feynman

>He starts talking about laws of physics

>Makes this analogy

>Motherfu.....(jaw-dropped)

[empirerakeback]

A theory of everything!

[dragonheadofthewest]

i like the background, were was that video shot.. must be a cool place to play chess...

[esteluk]

@dragonheadofthewest From what I remember this might be Feynman's home.

[montrey666666]

i wanna make love to this thought...

[Jongloeb]

Inimitable, Unforgettable, Irreplaceable.

[ninespade]

Damn... I never thought about that before...

[meursault07]

this guy is simply amazing

[RRRRussia]

perhaps that the rules don't seem to change implies that the game has been fully defined. if that is so, then perhaps that implies that the entire rule set can be known. in this case we will most likely one day know the entire rules set of (the universe) chess.

alternatively, if the game is still being defined, then we should expect the rules to constantly be changing (which they are not).

[philosage]

@RRRRussia i hope this isn't jarring but i disaggree your statement seems to imply that mystery will one day be eradicated.

[KillahMate]

This is why it always makes me angry when scientists are accused of ignoring facts that don't fit their theories. Sure, it happens sometimes, but it's contrary to the very nature of science. For a true scientist, the thing that doesn't fit is the most interesting one of them all.

[bliz85]

Had I watched this video some 6 odd years ago, the likelihood that I would have chosen physics as my major would certainly be higher.

Physicists of the world, you have my envy and admiration. Keep on trucking!

[Abhorath]

@bliz85

It's never too late to expand your knowledge! Just because the option of having it as a major may no longer be present, it doesn't entail that your capacity to learn something that you *want* to learn is diminished. My case was a bit different: I didn't have school as an option, so I spent my time at Half Price books and learned it all myself. Then, when school became an option a few years later, I got started on a wonderful journey. No looking back, heh.

[yyanri]

Surely, you're joking Mr. Feynman.

[jakobens]

his scientific english is soo good! so as his writing..I wanna be as precise and powerful as him when I am explaining things..

[wheng0228]

what he said is true its reality of humans life....

[rajithaify]

what a genius

[Th0usandMaster]

I always got this feeling, every time i watch Feynman's video, is this what they called love?　Gotta love his intelligence.

[bonnarj7]

I love you RF! You are the best ever!

[airesmarques]

I love this example... physics and chess, man, it´s two of the five most beautiful stuff in the universe (which itself is one of the five)!

[jimmyshitbags]

god i love physics...

[weatherpage]

Makes me smile

[DarkAngelSupreme]

I have never known this man, spoken to him or communicated with him in any way, but I miss him more than is comprehensible. In him, there existed a quality of intelligence that is so completely rare yet so extraordinary. His understanding of existence, of nature was so profound that I find it inspirational. On February 15 1988, the Human Race lost a paragon of knowledge. A supreme example of how to think and how to view the world logically. Our lives are poorer without his presence. RIP.

[jellington90]

This guy is amazingly articulate.

[il0vgreenday]

If any actor chooses to play the part it should be Clint Eastwood. They have such similar mannerisms and that sly grin just grabs me. What a genius and such a great sense of real humor, too.

[bapyou]

What a Noo Yawkah. :)

[mickypoo4622]

A man with a great mind using his brilliance and imagination and comparing his thoughts to a chess game. Feynman was called in to investigate the 1986 Challenger Shuttle disiaster. He often had 'seminars' with ordinary people just to hear their ideas, expand his mind and challenge science. He was one of these people who had incredible intelligence and yet could explain the most complicated of subjects in a way that anyone could understand. True genius and a lesson to us all. Sadly RIP.

[frankystein12]

Feynman has the most awesome voice.

[ultimatesonic88]

Surely you're joking Feynman, GENIUS!

[ultimatesonic88]

I liked chess, i still like it, but i like it more now Thanks Feynman, surely youre joking

[VanillaShoelace]

does anyone know what this is from?

[renumeratedfrog]

I wonder what his ELO rating was.

[billmilliganhisself]

@renumeratedfrog "Fire on High"

[supernova11000]

genius feynman!!!

[sofiasmartis]

i guess the world is more like go than like chess :)

[LORDALF]

Great Charisma!

[terrasaur51]

Very elegant for even those who don't play chess can get i!

[swathichandrashekar]

amazing... :)

[teddybeardustin]

I think only Feynman could use chess as an analogy which is supposed to be simpler than the concept you are discussing and then at the end tell you it's really the other way around and it actually makes sense.

[frohman101]

I love chess and Feynman, I like the way he talks, he could talk about anything and people would listen to him.

[mathieuplasse1]

People who say Youtube is just stupid videos should see that. I get so much interesting information just browsing this site! + I can watch funny puppies doing funny stuff (-;

[ex0rdium]

I love this metaphor so much.

[Iblisrastaban]

What a great man he was :)

[Engior]

The man is a Giant

[youwinoneinternets]

haha he's just explained so easily what i often tried to put into good words, that what seems to be a complete formed law, is actually just say, a symptom on the surface of something infinitely more complex.

[nhlfan33]

What a genius.

[hedges4]

i think the video is great

[astrokits]

Feynman is the best teacher ever!!!!!!

[28drago]

Good analogy, but I do not think the rules looking simpler complex has significant meaning. Still, I understand what he means, and he was a wonderful teacher and brilliant mind.

[atheno2004]

I wish the scientists of today would listen to this and understand that real science is about thinking, questioning, and constant learning, instead of believing that their theories are unquestionable facts.

[nevertheless123]

Here is one physicist to look up to.

A genunely honest scientist.

[memex911]

"I will tell you about quantum electrodynamics without math, so my explanation will be necessarily incomplete. But I promise that my simplified explanation will not tell you anything that I would need to retract in a more detailed explanation." ~ Richard Feynman, opening a Cornell University on QED for a general audience.

[PatrickLars]

Explanation without math is dull.

[memex911]

Feynman's careful discussion of complex topics sets an absolute standard for truth, clarity, and respect for his listeners.

[Omegashadowyoshi]

@memex911 I've always found physics to be taking simple things and making them complex.

Feynman makes it simple again XD

[xridethelightningx]

It's funny -- my friends in college all love Feynman because he's so easy to understand and because he explains things so elegantly. For the same reason, my physics professor is a bit intimidated by Feynman because he knows it takes A LOT knowledge and skill to be able to explain something so complex so easily.

[enijize1234]

I think it was Feynman who said (something along the lines of), if you can't explain it to your grandmother, then you don't truly understand it.

[jimbobeire]

I thought it was, if you can't explain it to a freshman class, then it's not understood.

[iamdonalduck]

and that is so. Despite the Grandmothers idea is, lets face it, funnier, it is needed a fresh and open mind to understnad new concepts. And, perhaps, the toughts of most our grandmothers are stringed to beliefs who might desagree with some new ideas.

[BlankVellum]

I think he said if you can't explain something to a group of freshmans, then you don't truly understand it. Similar theme though :)

[ajvila]

i wish he was my physics teacher

[Trinivalts]

wow! some great analogy!

[jefftam1234]

O man, just how i wish he is still with us today. Just look at the joy and fire he has when he talked about physics, you can tell that he really enjoy science.

Feynman is always my favorite physicist and scientist.

Good job Mr. Feynman.

[lurdanhelhart]

Proof that knowledge makes life more joyous, more hopeful, more ineffably __beautiful__, than all those who claim "ignorance is bliss" can possibly imagine.

[ATL45]

this man gave me a new angle on how science works in under three minutes. it's one of those things where you sort of know it but lack the words or analogies to fully express it. that's what he did for me, with the bishop analogy.

the bishop moving on a diagonal EXPLAINS why it preserves its color, just like newton's law of gravitation or einstein's explanation of curved space-time EXPLAIN why planetary orbits sweep out equal areas in equal times.

but in physics, the rules get simpler.

*sniff*

[jfloydo]

For a lighter read but good understanding of this great scientist, try "Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!" Also check out his preemptive explanation of the shuttle O-ring failure.

[QuantumMechanist]

the hairs on the back of my neck stood up near the end of that video, when he talked about expanding our experience and the resulting unification.

[ATiredDogsMouth]

And Surely Youre Joking! My hero.

[Justavaragejoe]

In a video he 5 minutes chat he can enhance your perceptions of the world around you. Incredible, in awe of this man. His analogies and explanations are second to none.

[manuseattle]

brilliant, brilliant and one million times brilliant!!!!!

[NYTIMES314]

Feynman radiates joy.

[manuseattle]

brilliant!!!!!!!

[utopian123]

It is so rare in history that we see someone who could explain things the way RF did. Greatest teacher and explainer.

[Xylogeist]

I miss this man, he was brilliant.

RIP Feynman

[gresach]

he makes it all seem so simple

[blazekid1992]

a wicked explanation

easy to understand

[MarkDouglasC]

Very good. One of best things Ive seen on Youtube.

Essentially -- he is saying approach things from a humble viewpoint. Don't assume you know it already.

Which is another way of saying -- Truth Matters.

[diegomuscleargentina]

I miss Feynman

[Pagenace909]

what he's talking about is Khuns scientific revolutions.... plain and simple..... the expansion and contraction of the progression of science

[Caligula138]

What a briliant man!

[karpov88]

I'm a physics student and have been playing chess since my early childhood, and have always had in mind the same analogy between chess and physics.

R.I.P. Professor Feynman

[geezzerboy]

There is a book that takes the mystery out of chess, it's call the Collier's Quick and Easy Guide to Chess, written in the 1950's. I'm serious. It teaches the simple Principles of Chess in an understandable manner. It teaches a style similar to Bruce Lee's Jeet Kun Do, (the Way of the Stopping Fist). Take the initiativeea by thr and kept it.

[potheadvswild]

I suspect we're all playing chess in the total dark wearing night vision goggles looking at the game in a mirror.

[notToast]

that's pretty much what it is

[dvide]

holy shit that's a good analogy

[olmgitnhftws]

@dvide tru, &the reason these games get invented and evolve in the first place

[speedproductions797]

@dvide wow

[jtbovis]

Such a good explanation of the way science works in my opinion.

[francescaemc2]

HELP!!!!! I'M IN LOVE WITH A DEAD MAN.

[danieleriskay]

I can do a good imitation of Feynman's voice...

[rwsmith29456]

I'm glad there are people like Feynman.

[Nimzomyth68]

I wouldnt promote to a bishop LOL

[54spiritedwill54]

The audio is in sync with the video! Yay

[Nisshoku1729]

I remember reading this in the compilation of his lectures

[valleyfight]

woah!

[alexPsanz]

this guy is the fucking greatest, not one of my teachers come close

[fiendin281]

perfect analogy

[pinhead7777777]

OMG! Great speaker.

[bob8878]

he probly knew what a chess boared was eh

[UGsmartness]

The thing that doesnt fit is always the most interesting:)....this guy explains it.study sociology instead of technology.

[ihateallgays]

hm intresting

[mischatal]

Fantastic!

[Narwal88]

Probably the simplest (and thus most ingenious) explanation of the complexity of quantum physics. I can never get tired of listening to Feynman. Not only was he a physics genius, but he had the skill that all true geniuses have: the ability to explain complex things in simple words, without being condescending.

[ndjarnag]

I was thinking the exact same thing :)

[Tiwaking]

That is an excellent analogy

[DorianHouse]

Absolute Genius

[absinthedrunk]

professor feynman was all that! what a great human! he pretty much had it all! i love the fact that he would sit in a strip club and write his notes and not care who knew it! lol!!! most folks don't know that he was a fine artist also, wonderful drawings! yeah, as stated above: surely you are joking mr. feynman *is* a great read! check it out!

[kubikmaster]

He was a great gigolo, I like his adventures exploring women, he is kind of my alter ego

[Hengistnew]

He had the passion of women but he wasn't a gigolo. First of all he loved life and in life Physics.

[conlol]

What a great analogy

[muchtoomuch1]

I hit the post button early :P Of all of Feynman's observations, I believe this is the one that dumb guys, like myself, can best use in everyday life. To be able to see a few frames of a situation, and then attempt to figure out the entire movie, if you will, is an invaluable tool. I feel this has helped me personally on more than on occasion. I hope we advance far enough that he'll be dug up one day, and some of his DNA can be cloned into an army of teachers :)

[muchtoomuch1]

Of all of Feynman's observations

[Dariusdagr8]

The world needs more people like him...

[firstwanderer]

Bravo indeed! Plain words to explain deep things... A very great joy to hear Mr. Feynman talking physics!

[Geprodis]

bravo Mr. Feynman!

[pratapdas]

Great clip dude!!!

[emyne133]

r. feynman!!! he s perfect person!!! clever , funny , cool!! (surely you are joking mr. feynman) i think you must read it!!

[ColdChicago]

physics seeks a simplicity.. it is anti theatrical... see brecht on this

[quantiseduniverse]

The audio is in sync with the video! Yay!!! Absolutely a legend!

[lamia1729]

A great man, with a great story...as usually!