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I'm not offended, but I would have been irritated if I was the interviewer. Don't you think the mature man Feynman was talking to already knew what he was talk
by chm 11y ago
I'm not offended, but I would have been irritated if I was the interviewer.
Don't you think the mature man Feynman was talking to already knew what he was talking about with his "why" sermon? Do illiterates really go around and interview Richard Feynman? It was just out of place, really.
- wtallis 11y agoAre you saying that you think the BBC guy and his audience did know and understand enough about quantum mechanics to receive an explanation of magnetism?
- chm 11y agoNo. I'm of the opinion that Feynman didn't teach him a lesson with his speech and analogies. You don't get hired by the BBC to interview Richard Feynman by being a dimwit yourself.
- simoncion 11y ago> ...Feynman didn't teach him a lesson... While Feynman was speaking to the interviewer, the person to whom Feynman's words were truly directed was the person at home watching the interview, rather than the interviewer. This is a critically important point that you appear to have missed. :)