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Feynman only taught physics. Sal Khan teaches maths, astrophysics, economics, history, etc etc... The potential for misinformation from someone who is teaching
by StrawberryFrog 15y ago
Feynman only taught physics. Sal Khan teaches maths, astrophysics, economics, history, etc etc...
The potential for misinformation from someone who is teaching a subject that they are not an expert in, and have just "understood it quickly" is quite worrying. he has been criticised on this before, see http://www.nas.org/polArticles.cfm?Doc_Id=2029 http://www.nas.org/polArticles.cfm?Doc_Id=2029
Economics is a lot like maths, and there is crossover so it's no surprise that he is good at both. But History is a different kind of subject.
If he is really irreplaceable, then there are severe limits on it. I hope and expect that even if Sal Khan is a trailblazer, others can do follow his example.
- bugsy 15y agoI've learned about a lot more than physics from Feynman. I also see little evidence that classes are taught by experts in their subject matter except at the university level, and even then only rarely. But let's post a link to Khan's comments/rebuttals to the claims of the NAS article you cited. http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2633796 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2633796 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2634324 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2634324