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>That said, Feynman is famous for crediting the stepping away from work work and going back to joyous play, with making discoveries that lead to a Nobel prize.
by ksk 10y ago
>That said, Feynman is famous for crediting the stepping away from work work and going back to joyous play, with making discoveries that lead to a Nobel prize. If he kept pushing himself and toiling on the busywork that Real Research was pushing on him, he'd never get anything done.
Hmm, I don't recall him ever saying that. Do you have a cite for that?
What I do recall is him saying he often worked on problems that served no greater purpose, essentially for the fun of it rather than any assumed utility. He may very well have been toiling for long hours on those problems.
- Swizec 10y agoIt's from Surely You're Joking Mr. Feynman. Here's a 1874 day old HN thread about it that also links to a full quote: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3033359 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3033359 I remember seeing it in youtube forme once, too. Might be this 1 hour interview, but I can't find the exact timestamp now: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zZbX_9ru9U https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zZbX_9ru9U