Richard Feynman is misunderstood | Grant Sanderson and Lex Fridman
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Published 2020-08-25
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All Comments (21)
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Minor correction: Feynman’s first wife died of tuberculosis, while he was working @Los Alamos with the Manhattan Project. The love letter he wrote her after she died is one of the most touching things I’ve ever read.
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One thing that Mr Sanderson shares with Mr Feynman is the ability to explain complex subjects in terms a less mathematical person can understand.
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I took a physics class in Oakland University in Michigan a few years ago. When the professor asked if anyone knew about Feynman, only one person and myself raised hands out of 100 students. The myth about Feynman is that he is well known.
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This guy surely loves Feynman so much so that he went on to rock same hairstyle as Mr. Feynman 😀
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Feynman is so likable because he was able to translate hardcore quantum stuff into normal language. He would visualize the smallest subatomic details and make sense out of it for anyone to understand. So he was not only a great scientist, he was a genius teacher as well.
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I flatly disagree that he's "not like him at all." The ability to explain complex things simply is rare and valuable, and this guy has it.
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A beautiful example of Feynman "discovering it for himself" is his proof that the planets must follow elliptical paths around the sun.
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Minor correction: pretty sure his first wife had tuberculosis, not polio.
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Lex, Grant is a wonderful intuitive unfiltered speaker. I hope you do many interviews with him. I think the genius of your interview style is that you are an excellent catalyst. You ask questions and give responses and explanations that really open up your guests. They’re so engaged that they just gush.
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I had Feynman as a professor at Caltech and I think he wasn't a math person, but at a very high level. He was interested in applied math and not the pure proof-based math of the sort favored by those trying for the Fields Medal. But of course, he was eminently interested in applied math and how to use it to work out problems in physics, etc. Like other physicists at Caltech, he would sometimes jokingly say, "As physicists we just assume all equations are differentiable."
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As soon as Grant spoke I was like: "Hey, I know this voice!!" : D
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I read the introductory chapter of Feynman's lecture and I was like how someone can explain something in such a crystal clear way no one can explain better than him
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Feynman's QED is one of my favorite books. It's a great intro to Quantum physics.
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the bit about his first wife was included in "you must be joking, mr. feynman (vol. I) I was touched by it when I first read it. there was a picture of them together as well.
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i love Grant Sanderson. hes one of the few that talks a lot about the process of human learning and intuition, which are extremely powerful concepts
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Wait common public think Richard Feynman is not a math guy...?? Hmmm I never knew that. It's so obvious that he's passionate and great in math
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As someone that greatly admires Richard Feynman, I am glad that we someone as gifted as Grant Sanderson today.
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I’ve never really heard that many people know about Feynman even in an academic setting. But his method and ability to understand subjects and describe them is amazing.
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Never heard of Grant Sanderson. I am deeply impressed of the awareness of his short introduction in this video. Wished to see more of him.
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He's right when he speaks about how self-discovery slows you down , at the same time being so much fun. Wish there were a solution to this.
