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Feynman was the first person who made physics relatable for me. In contrast, my father graduated as a mechanical engineer, who typically described mathematics a
by 58x14 5y ago
Feynman was the first person who made physics relatable for me. In contrast, my father graduated as a mechanical engineer, who typically described mathematics as a series of expletives.
Feynman is lovingly referred to as "the great explainer" which has been a driving influence in my life. The majority of my personal network is non-technical, and I enjoy framing technical subjects at a relatable abstraction. I've built a career around this mentality.
Eerily enough, a HPC company I work with is in the middle of a very similar narrative in the post, where my role is reducing the complexity of the technology for different audiences. My favorite encapsulation is "Kerbal Space Program but in real life."
I think it's critically important to always remain curious and humble when discussing anything and Feynman will always have my deep gratitude for inspiring such thinking early in my life.
- Aope 5y ago>it's critically important to always remain curious and humble when discussing anything It really isnt possible for lot of people. We incorrectly assume it is and in many situations the assumption breaks. The chimp troupe's carrying capacity of curious individuals has an upper bound (see the explore-exploit tradeoff) The more we understand how people think and the different forms of intelligence, personality and needs that drive thought, what is critical for different people changes.
- tehnub 5y ago>It really isnt possible for lot of people. >The chimp troupe's carrying capacity Are you saying it is a property of groups of people that makes being always curious/humble impossible, or that it is a property of (some) individuals?
- redis_mlc 5y agoYou can watch a discussion about a real-life group of men being hard-working, with one member being stubborn and creative for days, finally making a major contribution to the skeptical troupe: Bear Grylls Survival: Men vs Women: @34:30 to end for "the creative man" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NzCO0G8AGLU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NzCO0G8AGLU That's the famous survival video of women killing themselves multiple times over on one island while distracted by being "fair" to each other, while the men successfully engineer their island.