> Also, at the risk of being controversial: the clip is less valuable if you already know more about magnetism than he explains in the video, and if you're alre

> Also, at the risk of being controversial: the clip is less valuable if you already know more about magnetism than he explains in the video, and if you're already familiar with the regressive argument. I can't see any possible way in which that statement would be controversial. That you felt you had to couch such a statement in a preemptive defense says a lot about how little time many folks take to think before criticising. :( > [P]erhaps I'm just biased because I see these clips getting reposted [often so they lose their] magic eventually. True. I know of very few things that retain their magic after being replayed for the billionth time. > While he does give an answer at around 5:30, it's a pretty small part of the response. But he does give a good answer to the question. Your statement indicated that you held the opinion that he never answered the question, choosing instead to deflect the original question and answer another, unrelated one of his choosing. Given that the tone of the thread is "At least one person thinks that Feynman is being a condescending jerk.", you might see why I thought that a statement that supported that conclusion but was based on a basic misunderstanding of the material warranted a clarifying response.