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Richard Feynman cut straight to the heart of complex ideas
- 7thaccount 6y agoI have a similar policy that all complex ideas in my field should be thoroughly explained on a small test model. It makes learning a lot easier.
- m463 6y agoThere's a good example (heh) of feynman explaining an idea here, and it's great reading too: http://longnow.org/essays/richard-feynman-connection-machine/ http://longnow.org/essays/richard-feynman-connection-machine...
- jrscelza 6y agohttps://youtu.be/N1pIYI5JQLE https://youtu.be/N1pIYI5JQLE Feynman explains fire. I’m a big fan and believe his crude straight to the point style, coupled with an incredible ability to storytell is what made him special. I think it’s pure, genuine, curiosity and the intellectual capacity to understand the complexities.
- jcims 6y agoWhat a gift. I love how he just squirms with enthusiasm. We have a couple large fields by our home that alternate yearly between soybeans and corn. The amount of biomass that accumulated in a corn field between mid June and mid July is remarkable. Knowing that nearly all of that mass is from the atmosphere and not the ground is quite a prospective shifter.
- eliotpeper 6y agoThis is extremely good.
- umvi 6y agoWow, that article was really short. I was hoping there would be an actual example of Feynman doing this...
- hhsuey 6y agothere is plenty out there. google "feynman technique"
- hhsuey 6y agoYep. Feynman technique.
- pengaru 6y agoMy understanding is Feynman was a great explainer partially because he despised jargon and specialized terminology in general.
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