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I guess that you would agree with Richard Feynman https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=tWr39Q9vBgo https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=tWr39Q9vBgo > ... how easy it is to

• YeGoblynQueenne 10y ago
  Dunno. Feynmann comes across as a bit of a twat in that video. I agree with his point but if he wasn't as self-satistfied and sarcastic it would give his words more substance. After all, he's just bragging that he knows more than someone else. When people do that, even if they're Einstein himself (who never did this sort of thing btw) it's very hard to overlook the fact that how much one knows relates to their claims to access to goods and services and their standing in the social hierarchy. In other words, if Feynmann's livelihood didn't depend on him being smarter than sociologists I'd give his opinion here more weight. Which is not to say I haven't read and re-read his piece about "cargo-cult science" nodding along every word. It's just that hearing him voicing the actual thoughts he sounds a bit tone-deaf.
  • ktRolster 10y ago
    You've made it to level three on the argument hierarchy, good job! https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Graham%27s_Hierarchy_of_Disagreement.svg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Graham%27s_Hierarchy... You're doing better than most people at either party convention in the last two weeks. Now, keep moving up.