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"That’s why [Feynman] had a hard time communicating" This is surprising! I always thought old Feynman was a great communicator, but then again, the Feynman he'
by jayajay 10y ago
"That’s why [Feynman] had a hard time communicating"
This is surprising! I always thought old Feynman was a great communicator, but then again, the Feynman he's talking about is a young, determined Feynman, not an old, passive Feynman...
"...we didn’t have anything to learn from [Einstein] and he probably felt the same way about us."
Also, a bit surprising.
"Cooper had this idea that superconductivity had something to do with pairs of electrons and Oppenheimer said that was total rubbish."
Just, wow.
"Biology is moving very fast and so the same kind of people who became physicists in those days now tend to become biologists."
"First of all, it helps to be ignorant. The time when I did my best work was when I was most ignorant. Knowing too much is a great handicap."
This article is fucking dope and you should read it. Thanks for posting this, dude.