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I'd wager Feynman would have objected to the term 'Feynman Integrity', preferring, perhaps, 'scientific integrity'. 'For a successful technology, reality must

I'd wager Feynman would have objected to the term 'Feynman Integrity', preferring, perhaps, 'scientific integrity'. 'For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled.' - Richard P. Feynman [1] [1] - http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/missions/51-l/docs/rogers-commission/Appendix-F.txt http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/missions/51-l/docs/roger...

gertef 11y ago
> I'd wager Feynman would have objected to the term 'Feynman Integrity', That ship has sailed. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_things_named_after_Richard_Feynman https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_things_named_after_Ric...
- hn9780470248775 11y ago
  "Feynman integrity" is not on that list. It appears that the ship is, in fact, still in port.
  - markmassie 11y ago
    Until measured by a classical observer, the ship has sailed without ever leaving port.
conistonwater 11y ago
The follow-up post "Stigler Conviction vs. Feynman Integrity " I think explains what effect he was aiming for with that title. I don't think he wanted to say anything specific about Feynman per se. http://paulromer.net/stigler-conviction-vs-feynman-integrity/ http://paulromer.net/stigler-conviction-vs-feynman-integrity...
dang 11y ago
That's a reasonable point. We've changed the title to make it more neutral.
BurningFrog 11y ago
But calling it "Scientific integrity" makes it sound like it's a universally accepted standard. And perhaps it is, but if not, it makes sense to call these specific requirements that Feynman came up with "Feynman Integrity".
mreiland 11y ago
I had that quote at the bottom of my resume for years as I've always thought it represented the sort of integrity and ethics I bring in my day to day dealings with tech and people.
arjie 11y ago
That's the natural course of events. Take any school of thought, and each sect within would rather have its views represent that school without qualification. Certainly proponents of the Labour Theory of Value would rather it just be called the Theory of Value, and similarly proponents of the Subjective Theory of Value would rather _it_ be called the Theory of Value with any other requiring qualification. Now, because we aren't (intrinsically) proponents of either, we qualify both so as to distinguish them. Either way, the renamed title is far better. "Feynman's concept of scientific integrity". Excellent title. On a more important note, this approach of being the greatest critic of your ideas is probably a phenomenal way to make fault-tolerant software (not necessarily accounting for every eventuality, but being aware of as many as possible, and appropriately choosing to handle or not to handle them). I'm not nearly as good at it as I'd like to be.

gertef 11y ago

> I'd wager Feynman would have objected to the term 'Feynman Integrity', That ship has sailed. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_things_named_after_Richard_Feynman https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_things_named_after_Ric...

hn9780470248775 11y ago
"Feynman integrity" is not on that list. It appears that the ship is, in fact, still in port.
- markmassie 11y ago
  Until measured by a classical observer, the ship has sailed without ever leaving port.

conistonwater 11y ago

The follow-up post "Stigler Conviction vs. Feynman Integrity " I think explains what effect he was aiming for with that title. I don't think he wanted to say anything specific about Feynman per se. http://paulromer.net/stigler-conviction-vs-feynman-integrity/ http://paulromer.net/stigler-conviction-vs-feynman-integrity...

dang 11y ago

That's a reasonable point. We've changed the title to make it more neutral.

BurningFrog 11y ago

But calling it "Scientific integrity" makes it sound like it's a universally accepted standard. And perhaps it is, but if not, it makes sense to call these specific requirements that Feynman came up with "Feynman Integrity".

mreiland 11y ago

I had that quote at the bottom of my resume for years as I've always thought it represented the sort of integrity and ethics I bring in my day to day dealings with tech and people.

arjie 11y ago

That's the natural course of events. Take any school of thought, and each sect within would rather have its views represent that school without qualification. Certainly proponents of the Labour Theory of Value would rather it just be called the Theory of Value, and similarly proponents of the Subjective Theory of Value would rather _it_ be called the Theory of Value with any other requiring qualification. Now, because we aren't (intrinsically) proponents of either, we qualify both so as to distinguish them. Either way, the renamed title is far better. "Feynman's concept of scientific integrity". Excellent title. On a more important note, this approach of being the greatest critic of your ideas is probably a phenomenal way to make fault-tolerant software (not necessarily accounting for every eventuality, but being aware of as many as possible, and appropriately choosing to handle or not to handle them). I'm not nearly as good at it as I'd like to be.