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Feynman Chaser - The Key to Science

Richard Feynman discusses how we would look for a new law.  
 
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gokartmozart (6 months ago) Show Hide
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RF had the timing of a humorist. Listen to Lenny Bruce and you will see the similarities in tone, cadence and timing. The audience no doubt was keyed into the filming (both RF and themselves being filmed). My observation is that RF had no problem with the lighthearted atmosphere and the youthful joviality of the students. He loved the profoundly simple and the simply profound, and found delight in educating us.
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dhawkins1234 (9 months ago) Show Hide
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yeah I really don't get why they're laughing... he was telling them something extremely profound, and they thought he was making a joke
pikiwiki (9 months ago) Show Hide
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Maybe there's something truer than you know in what you just said.
dhawkins1234 (9 months ago) Show Hide
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Errmm... what are you trying to say?
MOBrienACRTC (5 months ago) Show Hide
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They were laughing in appreciation of his choice of expression. People laugh for many reasons other than jokes.
ivolol (3 months ago) Show Hide
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Exactly
dhawkins1234 (3 months ago) Show Hide
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As I said to gokartmozart, there's no doubt that Feynman included humor in his lectures, but the audience laughed not just at his mannerisms and wit, but at his serious and profound statements. Much like someone who laughs before they've heard the punchline of the joke, they simply didn't get it.
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Sometimes the truth releases stress in the form of laughter. The sad fact is that most people really don't understand the scientific method.
ivolol (3 months ago) Show Hide
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They're laughing because it's different to how other things are in our human world... If a piece of art is beautiful, it's almost never wrong. However there have been many beautiful scientific theories that have been proven wrong... for instance Newton's and Einstein's theories of gravity both are very beautiful ideas but slightly wrong (in terms of observations) and therefore completely wrong as theories. They're very good approximations though :D

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