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I think a huge reason Feynman seems so brilliant is because he didn't learn physics or math in a traditional way. He explored. He had passion for it. Not unl
by endlessvoid94 16y ago
I think a huge reason Feynman seems so brilliant is because he didn't learn physics or math in a traditional way. He explored. He had passion for it.
Not unlike the manner in which many successful hackers learn.
Nothing kills your interest in a subject like taking it as a class and getting grades.
- fletchowns 16y agoNothing kills your interest in a subject like taking it as a class and getting grades. Maybe if you have a terrible teacher. The good teachers did nothing but enhance my interest in a particular subject.
- BCM43 16y agoFor me, the teachers will enhance my interest, but the grades aspect of it will muffle it. I'm not exactly sure why this is.
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- ANH 16y agoFreeman Dyson got to know Feynman quite well when they were at Cornell after WWII. He described how Feynman refused to take anybody's word for anything, so he spent five years rebuilding quantum mechanics from the ground up in a way he could understand. He wrote that he'd never seen anyone work so hard as Feynman.