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I think he’s just saying that self-congratulatory stuff, from any source, is expected and unenlightening.
by beervirus 5y ago
I think he’s just saying that self-congratulatory stuff, from any source, is expected and unenlightening.
- the_af 5y agoI don't think it's expected or unenlightening. Scientists are scientists; we want to cheer at their wins. Feynman was pretty much self-congratulatory in "Surely you're joking" -- sometimes annoyingly so -- yet we celebrate his anecdotes, we don't skip them.