Feynman 'Fun to Imagine' 11: Ways of Thinking (Part One of Two)

Physicist Richard Feynman wonders about the different ways in which different people think about things... (to be continued). From the BBC TV series 'Fun to Imagine' (1983). You can now watch higher quality versions of some of these episodes at www.bbc.co.uk/archive/feynman/

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[AndySiola]

I love this man

But at 2:17 he is talking about doing drugs hahahah

[pran1zzle]

"Now I'm talking like a psychologist and you know I know nothing about this"

Inmediate face after:

"I actually know everything..."

[themetalgod21]

@mvszao Yes, but to compare Carl Sagan to RICHARD FEYNMAN is ridiculous.I mean that's like comparing Babe Ruth to Manny Mendoza.Yes, Sagan could speak very well but Feynman is one of the grestest scientist of all time,argubly the greatest of the second half of the 20th century.Linus Pauling is the only who might exceed Feynman!!!!!

[mvszao]

@themetalgod21 Have you ever heard about Carl Sagan? Search for The Pale Blue Dot and see what a physicist can do with words :)

[culwin]

Mind.

Blown.

[Geoffrobotics]

I love this man because he thought very much like I do :O

And the fact that he was an excellent scientist.

[subbss]

Wow, his insight into 2 different ways of counting blew my mind. It makes perfect sense and explains many things I have experienced myself.

[leebeer]

@AndySiola haha yes he is. he has just gone up 10 points

[k9pker]

Was that sheldon's laugh at 0:56?

[themetalgod21]

@ICarnag3I any in a match of wits.Richard had perfect scores in his math examinations at Princeton.However,he struggled with the humanities.I have a feeling in that iq test his mathmatics score was off the charts while his verbal score brought his score down.Do you really know of any physicists that are great speakers ??? Richard Dawkins is the most eloquent speaker i ever heard and he's a biologist.

[themetalgod21]

@ICarnag3I Not the iq stuff again!!!! Frist it was a supposed iq level of 123.But what test did richard take,the weschler test or the binet.If he did the weshler what was his verbal ability vs spatial.I took the weschler children 2nd edition at 13 and received a 128 overall and was allowed to attend mg classes.i scored over a 140 in the verbal section but low on the spatial test which includes playing with blocks.Eiinstein's iq was 162 but i have a intuition that Feynman could match Einstein

[ICarnag3I]

Incredible what he did with only an iq of 120